AOPA Air Safety Foundation releases 2005 Nall Report

The AOPA Air Safety Foundation’s just-released 2005 Joseph T. Nall Report shows a historic low for aviation accidents in 2004. The report, funded by the Emil Buehler Trust, is the nation’s first authoritative look at the general aviation accident rate for the preceding year.

According to the report, there were 6.22 total accidents and 1.2 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours for 2004. For 2003, the accident rates were 6.77 and 1.37, respectively.

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