Light sport airplanes were supposed to be a cheaper alternative to certified aircraft and they are. But AVweb's look at the accident record of these airplanes confirms what many skeptics worried about: They suffer more crashes than standard category aircraft. This video, first published in 2018, explains why.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/multimedia/votw/why-light-sport-airplanes-suffer-so-many-crashes-2