Safety
Aviation Accident Rates Improve, but Pilot Errors Persist
ASI encouraged by overall trends, but is targeting personal flying and pilot errors.

AOPA’s Air Safety Institute (ASI) is encouraged that its most recent version of the Joseph T. Nall Report showed positive results from an industry-wide concerted effort to whittle away at aviation accident rates. The effort appears to have traction, with total accidents dipping to 1,163 in 2014. However, the report also highlights continual issues with pilot-related errors and personal flying. A subsequent “Scorecard” detailing initial data of 2015 and 2016 shows mixed results.


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