SAFA Skysailor Magazine

49 SUMMER 2025 | December-January-February SKY SAILOR Table 9: AIRS reports, by type of flight with injury – past 5 years Flight type FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total Not recorded 2 2 1 5 Competition 3 3 2 4 1 13 Recreational flying 41 40 47 55 55 238 Under instruction 9 10 15 12 9 55 Total 53 53 66 73 66 311 Let’s look now at the reports from the phase of flight. Table 10: AIRS reports, by phase of flight – past 5 years Flight type FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total Taking off 29 25 29 37 23 143 Landing 39 32 43 56 48 218 In flight 46 36 60 75 54 271 Ground handling 2 2 Winch tow 1 1 1 2 5 Car tow 1 1 1 3 ATOL tow Aerotow 1 1 2 Landing after aerotow Mishap 2 1 2 2 7 Near miss 1 1 2 1 2 7 Other 1 2 3 Not recorded 4 11 11 7 33 Total 120 100 149 185 140 694 Table 11: AIRS reports, by phase of flight with injury – past 5 years Flight type FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total Taking off 12 15 19 16 14 76 Landing 21 17 23 31 28 120 In flight 17 17 16 21 14 85 Ground handling 2 2 Winch tow 1 1 1 2 5 Car tow 1 1 2 ATOL tow Aerotow 1 1 2 Landing after aerotow Mishap 1 1 1 3 Near miss 1 1 Other Not recorded 2 5 4 4 15 Total 53 53 66 73 66 311 We’ll turn our attention to site type. Table 12: AIRS reports, by site type – past 5 years Site type FY 2023 /24 FY 2022 /23 FY 2021 /22 FY 2020 /21 FY 2019 /20 Total Coastal 67 45 87 78 58 335 Grass strip 2 4 3 4 5 18 Inland 49 42 55 84 62 292 Sealed runway 1 1 1 3 Tow 2 4 2 2 10 Not recorded 5 3 16 12 36 Total 120 100 149 185 140 694