widgeon Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Having a bit more time on my hand I downloaded 2005-2008 accident database from FAA and loaded it into an Access database. Most of the stats were as expected except r22/r44. type total accidents total fatalities r22 134 12 r44 73 33 The r 22 had nearly double the number of accidents to the R44 but the r22 had nearly 3 time the fatalities . I guess some can be explained by 4 seat vs 2 . Anyone have any input as to cause. If any one wants the info in an excel sheet for all rotorcraft 2005- 2008 send me a PM and I will mail it to you. I guess fomatting does not work here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphibious Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Having a bit more time on my hand I downloaded 2005-2008 accident database from FAA and loaded it into an Access database. Most of the stats were as expected except r22/r44. type total accidents total fatalities r22 134 12 r44 73 33 The r 22 had nearly double the number of accidents to the R44 but the r22 had nearly 3 time the fatalities . I guess some can be explained by 4 seat vs 2 . Anyone have any input as to cause. If any one wants the info in an excel sheet for all rotorcraft 2005- 2008 send me a PM and I will mail it to you. I guess fomatting does not work here . there are many times more 22's out there then 44's. with silverstate closed those numbers should begin to drop... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon Posted March 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Sorry my post did not make sense . meant to say that that that higher number of fatalities for fewer total accidents for R44 did not make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopperman Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 Do the stats state whether they are commercial or private aircraft? The Robinson helicopters are more economical for the the private pilot to purchase and generally (not always) private pilot=less experience and no annual training. I would put money that most of these were privately owned aircraft. And I agree with more fatalities being associated with more seats in the R-44. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliian Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 The R22 is used more for training and would be involved in more "accidents/incidents" and it seems the R44 has more of a tendancy to burst into flames during a crash. I still think the safest A/C out there is the Jet Ranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Based on ratio of accidents compared to fleet size the 412 comes on top , the 500 and 407 both rank above the 206. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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