1. 1. Number of Fatal Accidents GA & Air Taxi CY 1984-2004 GA ONLY GA Plus TAXI

2. IMC rate = 240% of VMC rate Night rate = 170% of day rate 2. Percent Flight Hours & Fatal Accidents in IMC & Night Jan 2002 – Mar 2005

3. 49% IMC 30% Night 38% IMC 32% Night 36% IMC 28% Night 12.5% IMC 12.5% Night 4% IMC 6% Night 3. Selected Accident Types by Percent IMC & % Night Jan 2002 – Mar 2005 PERCENTOFTOTALPERCENTOFTOTAL TOTALS: 12% VFR in IMC & 14% Night VFR.

4. FY2005 GA Fatal Accident Statistics (thru Feb. 05 144 accidents ) 60 % PERSONAL FLYING 3 % INSTRUCTION 82 % SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT 69 % VFR - 31% IFR 36 % in IMC 33 % AT NIGHT –21 % NIGHT VFR (8 % VFR NIGHT IMC) 5 States Account for 33% WHO, WHAT, and WHEN By Day/Night and VFR/IFR Day VFR 48 % Night IFR 12 % Day IFR 19 % Night VFR 21 % Other – 8 % Accident Types and Factors Midair – 1 % LoC Mnvr – 11 % LoC T/O – 24 %LoC In Flight – 18 % Approach & Landing – 19 % CFIT – 19 % 9 % 7 % 9 % 5 %

6. Causal Analysis

7. General Aviation Joint Steering Committee Initial Analysis Implementation Teams Weather (JSAT and JSIT) CFIT (JSAT and JSIT) ADM (JSAT) Current JSC Focus Areas Weather (including CFIT) ADM (JSAT) Maneuvering Flight Runway Safety Automation Management Weather VFR into IMC (LoC, CFIT) LoC in IMC LoC on IFR Approaches Thunderstorms Icing Encounters Aeronautical Decision-Making Knowledge Situational Awareness Risk Management Resource Management Maneuvering Flight Basic Skills Situational Awareness Runway Safety Automation Management GA-JSC seeks to promote and facilitate the development of: Better Technology Better Procedures Better Training Better Products Causal Analysis and Intervention Strategies in each of the identified focus areas. FY05 GA Fatal Accident Statistics FY04 Causal Analysis