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Phase of Flight
When considering accidents in GA fixed‑wing aeroplane by phase of flight, as shown in Figure 30, it can be seen
that the most critical phase was during landing, where 45% of the accidents occurred. Of the other flight phas‑
es, 17% of the accidents occurred during the take‑off phase and 16% occurred en route.
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Figure 30:
GA fixed-wing aeroplane accidents and serious incidents per phase of flight
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Standing
Taxi
Take-o
En route
Manoeuvring
Approach
Landing
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Aeroplane Occurrence Categories
In order to assist in the identification of particular safety issues, one or multiple occurrence categories were
assigned to GA fixed-wing accidents involving EASA MS registered aircraft. This was done using the CICTT occur‑
rence categories, which are listed in Appendix 1.
When exploring the occurrence categories in relation to GA fixed‑wing aeroplane aviation, Abnormal Runway
Contact (ARC) and Runway Excursions (RE) are the main safety risk areas. Both of these risk areas are closely re‑
lated to each other with ARC often being a pre‑cursor of RE accidents. However, it is worth noting that these
types of accidents are rarely fatal. In terms of fatal accidents, Loss of Control – In flight (LOC‑I) is the most numer‑
ous occurrence category.