See: http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/four-people-injured-when-1459897.html
This happens maybe twice a year. No one killed this time, but the last two times they were. I did not notice a thing this time. It was at the other end of the airfield. The aircraft was totaled. Other crashes I recall recently have been at the shopping mall, the golf course, Rt. 85, and in the driveway of a friend's house (a two engine aircraft with no survivors). I have to say, it makes me a little nervous when an airplane passes over our house with the engine misfiring, low enough that I can see the passengers. It is a little like living at the peak of Mt. Everest, except they clean up the bodies right away. It is fun when the Goodyear blimp passes over. Scheduled aviation is the safest form of travel. General aviation (small, unscheduled airplanes) is roughly 10 times more dangerous that automobiles, per passenger mile. It will never be safe enough for ordinary use until airplanes are completely robotic with hands-off operation. I predict that something like a manually operated Moller Skycar will never succeed. See the chapter in my book about aviation. See: http://www.meretrix.com/~harry/flying/notes/safetyvsdriving.html - Jed
