I am doing an analysis of general aviation fatalities (i.e.,
fatalities related to small fixed wing aircraft - approximately 12,500
lbs or less) in the U.S. I am interested in breaking down these fatalities by
age. Ideally, I'd like to estimate the percentage of general
aviation fatalities in 2001 that were ages 12-17. However, if I could
get an estimate for any recent year (or average over several years),
that would be fine.
As a starting point, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
provides data/statistics on general aviation accidents:
http://www.aopa.org/asf/accident_data/
However, I did not see any data broken down by age of victim.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
08 Aug 2006 20:20 PDT
The NTSB makes available their completed accident reports, and they
routinely report on the age of the pilots involved. But I have not
seen any information provided on the age of the passengers. Usually,
the only information on people other than the pilots are the number of
people on board.
Are there other sorts of airplane accident statistics that might be of
use to yon in your research?
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
hlg111-ga
on
08 Aug 2006 23:50 PDT
Hi pafalafa,
I'm primarily interested in the age of the fatal victims. I don't
need any other statistics at the moment.
Thanks for looking into it! If you think of any other ways to
estimate the age distribution of the victims, feel free to let me
know.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
09 Aug 2006 06:41 PDT
My only thought would be a review of newspaper accounts of fatal
accidents. The newspapers are much more likely to report a
passenger's age, or at least, to characterize them as a child, teen or
adult.
However, reviewing enough articles to create a statistical overview is
a pretty big job, I would imagine.
pafalafa-ga
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