Homebuilt Aircraft Fleet Sizes

[rwanttaja]

What about comparing aircraft by total airframe hours logged at time of crash?
Does the NTSB list aircraft hours on the reports?

The NTSB lists the airframe hours on about 75% of the homebuilt accidents. My Cessna 172 accident database shows about 82% of the accidents had aircraft hours.

Otherwise, the average GA aircraft is older and has a *lot* more time. The average time on the 172s was over 5,000 hours, while the homebuilts had an average of about 350. Wouldn't really be a fair comparison.

Here's a plot of aircraft time vs. number of homebuilt accidents over a 22-year period.

Ron Wanttaja