Safety
Procedural Lapses Lead Nimbl’s Bizav Safety Report
Risk stacking and human error dominate Nimbl’s 2024 analysis
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Procedural failures, or human factors, were the biggest element at work in business aircraft safety incidents and accidents last year, according to Nimbl's Safety Report for business aviation. Offering what Nimbl called a comprehensive, ground-level view of operational risks, the recently released report analyzed hundreds of safety submissions collected through the company’s safety management system (SMS) platform.

The report lists a total of 112 events among business turboprops and jets in 2024, broken down into 16 incidents and 96 accidents; this compares with 13 incidents and 108 accidents in 2023. Although the report presents just two years of data, the group is optimistic: “This is a promising trend and may correlate with the continued growing acceptance of SMS within business aviation.”

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