Jeff,
>While Private Pilot certificates comprise 35% of total U.S. pilot population.
>Private pilots account for almost 55% of the Lancair accident population and 48% of the GA accident population
I think you are trying to say is “If you only have a Private Pilot certificate, you are more likely to have an accident.” And that you probably mean to imply
that if you hold some other advanced rating, that you have a less chance of having an accident.
The propblem is (at least for me) is that 100% of GA accidents are caused by, well, pilots, and half of those accidents (or thereabouts) are caused by folks with higher ratings than a private pilot (according to your numbers).
I’m not convienced that a rating is the thing that is indicative of the likely hood of an having an accident, however, I think that the amount of practice and training are, and unfortunalty ratings don’t accuratly reflect this quantity. However, a logbook usually does. Maybe that’s were we need to look.
Kevin