SAFA Skysailor Magazine

37 WINTER 2026 | June-July-August SKY SAILOR fractures and life-changing injuries. The number of injuries we have been seeing fluctuate between 48-57% of the total of accidents and incidents. Now, keeping those numbers in mind, let’s go to fatal accidents. Last year the USHPA recorded 4 fatalities. Here are our numbers: Membership year 2018/ 2019 2019/ 2020 2020/ 2021 2021/ 2022 2022/ 2023 2023/ 2024 2024/ 2025 2025/ 2026 Fatalities 8 4 4 0 0 2 2 3 CASA are aware of these numbers, and I can assure you, they are taking notice. Not included in these numbers are three weight-shift microlight accidents over the past three years, involving non-members flying unregistered aircraft; two of those pilots died and the other was seriously injured. You’re probably asking yourselves where I’m going with all this bad news? “We don’t want to know that. We just want to go flying and enjoy ourselves.” flightsafetyaustralia.com/submit 2605.5403 One call close , many lifesaving lessons. Submit your story at 8 in10 pilots say they learn best from other pilots and your narrow escape can be a valuable lesson. We’re looking for firsthand accounts of close calls. Share what happened and what you learnt. Get $500 if we publish your story.