Editing General aviation (section)

==Safety==
Aviation [[Transportation safety in the United States|accident rate statistics]] are necessarily estimates. According to the U.S. [[National Transportation Safety Board]], general [[aviation in the United States]] (excluding charter) suffered 1.31 fatal accidents for every 100,000 hours of flying in 2005, compared to 0.016 for scheduled airline flights.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/data/Documents/ARA1101.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905195136/http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/data/Documents/ARA1101.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-05 |url-status=live|title=NTSB accident rates by flying category|publisher=Ntsb.gov|access-date=19 December 2016}}</ref> In Canada, recreational flying accounted for 0.7 fatal accidents for every 1000 aircraft, while air taxi accounted for 1.1 fatal accidents for every 100,000 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/opssvs/managementservices-referencecentre-2192.html|title=Aviation Safety Program Manual for the Civil Aviation Directorate|date=31 December 2015|publisher=Tc.gc.ca|access-date=19 December 2016}}</ref> More experienced GA pilots appear generally safer, although the relationship between flight hours, accident frequency, and accident rates are complex and often difficult to assess.<ref>Knecht, WR (2012). [http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2010s/media/201215.pdf DOT/FAA/AM-12/15 "Predicting general aviation accident frequency from pilot total flight hours"] (Technical Report). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119001847/http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2010s/media/201215.pdf |date=19 November 2012 }}. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration.</ref><ref>Knecht, WR (2015). "The 'killing zone' revisited: Serial nonlinearities predict general aviation accident rates from pilot total flight hours". ''Accident Analysis & Prevention'', 60, 50–56.</ref><ref>Knecht, WR (2015). [http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2010s/media/201503.pdf DOT/FAA/AM-15/3 "Predicting accident rates from general aviation pilot total flight hours"] (Technical Report). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119001847/http://www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2010s/media/201215.pdf |date=19 November 2012 }}. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration.</ref>

A small number of commercial aviation accidents in the United States have involved collisions with general aviation flights, notably [[TWA Flight 553]], [[Piedmont Airlines Flight 22]], [[Allegheny Airlines Flight 853]], [[PSA Flight 182]] and [[Aeromexico Flight 498|Aeroméxico Flight 498]].