Private Pilot Flight Training and Instruction Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM Where Accidents Happen Only 8% of midairs are from head-on. 42% are between airplanes flying in the same direction. Pilots, as a group, are getting older. Highest accident rate is in personal/pleasure flying Second highest area of accidents is instructional flying. 306 accidents, 31 fatal, 53 fatalities. (year?) Most occurred during student solo. 65% during landing phase. 1/3 accidents in landing. 1 in 5 accidents during takeoff. 45% of all accidents occur during takeoff and landing Instructional accidents occur at a rate of 6.5 per 100,000 hours of instruction. This is half the personal rate. 70% of the instructional accidents occur during the takeoff landing phase. Written by Gene Whitt Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM