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Annual Safety Review 2014
General Aviation
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GA Rotorcraft
GA Rotorcraft forms a small but important part of the GA community. In general, most small rotorcraft activity
is involved in aerial work operations. This section, however, focuses on rotorcraft flights that can be consid‑
ered either as Pleasure flying or as Flight training. It is worth noting that Rotorcraft includes both Helicopter and
Gyroplanes.
From Table 29 and Table 30 it can be seen that the numbers of fatal accidents and fatalities have decreased in
2014 when compared to the average over the five‑year period 2009-2013. However, there has been an increase
in the numbers of non‑fatal accidents, serious and minor injuries.
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Table 29:
GA rotorcraft accidents fatal and non-fatal - 5 year average vs 2014
Fatal Accidents
Non‑Fatal Accidents
Serious Incidents
2014
9
64
2
2009-2013 average
12.2
57.4
0.8
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Table 30:
GA rotorcraft fatalities and injuries - 5 year average vs 2014
Fatalities
Serious Injuries
Minor Injuries
2014
16
12
22
2009-2013 average
21.2
10.2
22.4