Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Lower cost S-LSA airplanes

Hi
I have been lurking for a while on this site, but have not previously posted to it.
I attended an FAA seminar some months ago which talked at length about SLSA versus other SEL aircraft accident statistics, and my understanding from this was that the accident rates are not much different, but that SLSA's are much more expensive to repair mainly because they are newer thus higher value and they generally have to be repaired with new materials/components, compared with 1970's vintage SEL aircraft. It was also pointed out that FAA had observed that PPL holders transitioning to SLSA appeared to be causing quite a number of accidents.
(I hope this post won't start another round of "why are SLSA's so expensive" posts!!)

David Booth
Chatham, NY

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "apollonorthamerica" <apollonorthamerica@...> wrote:
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> Or I should say "had" PPL with now expired medicals.
> Abid
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "apollonorthamerica" <apollonorthamerica@> wrote:
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> > This claim has no basis or merit when you actually compile LSA accidents and figure out who was PIC in the plane. It turns out most of them were PPL.
> > Abid
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> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Floridianman <floridianman@> wrote:
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> > > Pretty obvious to me the training for a ppl is much more involved than for S-LSA
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: medicbill@
> > > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2011 1:46 pm
> > > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Lower cost S-LSA airplanes
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> > > I have not seen anything that says the accident rate for LSA's is twice as high as GA. If that was the case there no insurance company would write policies for them. I have read that a lot of the increase in accident rates for LSA's is being caused by PPL pilots transitioning to LSA.
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> > > Bill
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> > > In a message dated 8/23/2011 10:33:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, apollonorthamerica@ writes:
> > > Jim,
> > > You want the truth or you want the sugar coated feel good, politically correct answer that doesn't offend anyone?
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> > > Our Apollo LSA commercial insurance allowing student solos is around $4750.00 which is about the same that Jensen Aviation next door to us pays for his 172 usage.
> > > Abid
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> > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Bair" <jimbair@> wrote:
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> > > > ... the accident rate for SLSA is twice as high as for GA planes. Helen
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> > > > Helen,
> > > > Why, in your opinion, is the accident rate for LSA so much higher than GA?
> > > > Also, anyone have any idea why the first time I responded to this the message came across blank. I have always wondered why people sometimes send blank responses, and now I see they probably aren’t, their response is simply disappearing into cyberspace. I did rename the subject. Would that have been a factor?
> > > > Jim
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> > > I have not seen anything that says the accident rate for LSA's is twice as high as GA. If that was the case there no insurance company would write policies for them. I have read that a lot of the increase in accident rates for LSA's is being caused by PPL pilots transitioning to LSA.
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> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 8/23/2011 10:33:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, apollonorthamerica@ writes:
> > > Jim,
> > > You want the truth or you want the sugar coated feel good, politically correct answer that doesn't offend anyone?
> > >
> > > Our Apollo LSA commercial insurance allowing student solos is around $4750.00 which is about the same that Jensen Aviation next door to us pays for his 172 usage.
> > > Abid
> > >
> > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Bair" <jimbair@> wrote:
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> > > >
> > > > ... the accident rate for SLSA is twice as high as for GA planes. Helen
> > > >
> > > > Helen,
> > > > Why, in your opinion, is the accident rate for LSA so much higher than GA?
> > > > Also, anyone have any idea why the first time I responded to this the message came across blank. I have always wondered why people sometimes send blank responses, and now I see they probably aren’t, their response is simply disappearing into cyberspace. I did rename the subject. Would that have been a factor?
> > > > Jim
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