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As an answer for that question. Basically yes.
Mechanical type failures are _almost_ non existant .
I have heard figures bandied around of aircraft failure
accidents about 2% of total, but effectively this is bugger all. The reality is,
most (virtually all) accidents are caused by the pilots actions.
Note that for powered
aircraft (GA types anyway, to be comparable to gliders) the pattern is very
similar, if slightly muddied by engine failures.
The more interesting question is, before seeing this
result, what did you (and other pilots) think (feel) the rate would be? and
why?
Not a dig, a real question from someone interested in
your (and others) perceptions.
Regards
SWK From: Geoff Kidd (2) Am I correct in the reading of
these reports of occurrences between 13 Nov 2004 & 19 Nov 2005 that, perhaps
with the exception of the "Canopy opening in flight" incident(s) that none of
our Accidents or Incidents was due to a structural of other failure of an
aircraft?
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