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Women in aviation are having an impact on pilot safety records — a beneficial one. Evidence has shown that they are the safer of the genders while flying as Pilot-In-Command in General Aviation Flying.

Data was analyzed from the NTSB files for the year 1982–1985. The results found a positive gender factor for females in number, type, and cause of pilot-error related accidents.

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A Gender Profile: U.S. General Aviation Pilot-Error Accidents 1982–1985

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