As IFR pilots, we know that general aviation carries inherent risks. Sure, if we hide behind the stellar record of the airlines, general aviation looks safe, but our accident rate is many times higher than the airlines. Of course, most of us do our best to avoid gracing the pages of an NTSB report by constantly adding to our knowledge base. We might devour the latest FAA, NTSB articles/reports commonly announced in weekly AVweb or AOPA’s Aviation-e-Brief e-letters—click on the hyperlink and the entire report is at one’s fingertips.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/risk-management/statistical-risk-factors