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Neuhaus, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0001-7262-3723, Dambier, Michael, Glaser, Eckard, Schwalbe, Mandy and Hinkelbein, Jochen (2010). Probabilities for Severe and Fatal Injuries in General Aviation Accidents. J. Aircr., 47 (6). S. 2017 - 2021. RESTON: AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT. ISSN 0021-8669

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Abstract

Although accident rates in general aviation have been published, probabilities for sustaining severe or fatal injuries have not yet been sufficiently evaluated. The aim of this study was to develop probabilities for severe and/or fatal injuries in general aviation accidents. Using official German data, the total number of general aviation accidents and severely or fatally injured persons were obtained from 1993 to 2007. The analysis focused on both the average number of injured and average number of killed persons and the probabilities of sustaining severe or fatal injuries. SPSS (R) Was used for statistical analysis with p <0.05. N = 5259 general aviation accidents were analyzed. Most accidents occurred in the categories for gliders (n = 1930, 36.7%) and single-engine pistons (less than 2 tons; = 1929, 36.7%). The highest probabilities of sustaining severe injury were found for hot-air balloons (72.9%), gliders (15.2%), and helicopters (12.0%). The highest probabilities of sustaining fatal injury were found for aircraft of 2-5.7 tons (23.1%), helicopters (17.1%), and aircraft less than 2 tons (14.0%). Because of a lack of common denominator data in general aviation, the development of accident statistics is complicated, if not entirely impossible. Probabilities for severe and fatal injuries that could be expected should an accident occur (conditional probabilities) were calculated. These data facilitate the understanding and improvement of aviation safety.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neuhaus, Christopher UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-3723 UNSPECIFIED Dambier, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Glaser, Eckard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schwalbe, Mandy UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hinkelbein, Jochen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-493464
DOI:	10.2514/1.C000263
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Aircr.
Volume:	47
Number:	6
Page Range:	S. 2017 - 2021
Date:	2010
Publisher:	AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
Place of Publication:	RESTON
ISSN:	0021-8669
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language AIR BALLOON CRASHES; AIRCRAFT; RISK; INVOLVEMENT; FLIGHT Multiple languages Engineering, Aerospace Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/49346