Find crashes in your state: thought this could be useful,,to learn from,,people's mistakes,,
http://www.planecrashmap.com

Wow.

Man, you Oregon pilots sure crash a lot. Is all that from just one pilot or several?

hotrod150 wrote:Man, you Oregon pilots sure crash a lot. Is all that from just one pilot or several?

...I'm sure that search was done using the "out of state pilots" perameters.

I am not sure I get this map. All the crashes around my area are old, like 80's and early 90's old.
What is the purpose of this map? It's doesn't seem to be to find old wreckage on the sides of mountains to hike into. It doesn't do anything for warning pilots of pontetial dangers. It am not sure why anyone went through the trouble of making it.

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DavidB. wrote:I am not sure I get this map. All the crashes around my area are old, like 80's and early 90's old.
What is the purpose of this map? It's doesn't seem to be to find old wreckage on the sides of mountains to hike into. It doesn't do anything for warning pilots of pontetial dangers. It am not sure why anyone went through the trouble of making it.

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It's NTSB data, plotted on a map rather than shown in a list-- just another view of the data. Haven't you ever filtered the NTSB accident database for your own state?

I find quite a bit of value in being able to identify the accidents that have occurred around my home area and the airports I most frequent from a map view rather than a list.

I have wondered what percentage of tundra tired planes end up crashing in some form. I think the "feeling" you get after having them, helps put you out on the fringes of safety.

I also suspect the tundra tired planes have one of the lowest injury / incident ratio too.

Zane wrote:

DavidB. wrote:I am not sure I get this map. All the crashes around my area are old, like 80's and early 90's old.
What is the purpose of this map? It's doesn't seem to be to find old wreckage on the sides of mountains to hike into. It doesn't do anything for warning pilots of pontetial dangers. It am not sure why anyone went through the trouble of making it.

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It's NTSB data, plotted on a map rather than shown in a list-- just another view of the data. Haven't you ever filtered the NTSB accident database for your own state?

I find quite a bit of value in being able to identify the accidents that have occurred around my home area and the airports I most frequent from a map view rather than a list.

I have looked at the NTSB data base many times. I am familiar with just about every crash, both fatal and non fatal that has happened in my area. Thats why I am questioning the data this map provides on my area. It seem to be missing at least 3 fatal. I also think there should be no difference when analyzing data between fatal and messed up real bad/never be the same again crashes. This is very important to consider when comparing crashes from even 10 years ago to now.
First responders get there faster and can do more, and once in the hands of doctors, even people who were fatal 5 years ago now get to live, maybe not live well, but it does change the statistics.

I do like the map and think it is neat. I hope it grows to include all crashes and incidents in the future. Maybe the programer can also figure out how to make it auto update from the NTSB so it reflects the most current data.

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