Business aviation’s record for the past five years offers no indication that accidents and incidents are likely to decline in the near future, Mark Millam, Flight Safety Foundation’s vice president, technical, said in a presentation to the Foundation’s 66th annual Business Aviation Safety Summit (BASS).
Foundation data show there were eight accidents involving business aviation in 2020, compared with 16 in 2019; 58 business aviation accidents were recorded from 2016 through 2020. Because of incomplete operational data, accident rates could not be determined, but Millam said the decline in actual accident numbers in 2020 was a reflection of the downturn in flying because of the COVID-19 pandemic and not an indication of improved safety.
“The signs from the last five years are not looking good for any significant improvement,” Millam said in a prerecorded session – one of two sessions available online free to anyone, not only BASS attendees. The other session…
