rickair7777;782811]That's true, It was somewhere around 500-800 hours. That's why a lot of us prefer 1500.
Although I remember from my training that the SECOND period of hig risk was the approx. 1500 hour mark
But the context is very important, and the context is general aviation...
This is true. The studies I have seen have always been military related. Complacency was the most commonly stated reasons.
Also - in my past community those times related to periods where a pilot would have completed a series of qualification and you are put out a little more on your own than constantly training under the watchful eye of a more experienced pilot/instructor - sometimes leading to mistakes in judgment of either the airplane's capability or their own.
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