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I am trying to find statistics regarding non-passengers injured on the ground by GA plane crashes. In other words, someone crashing into a house, car, etc. and injuring someone on the ground. Any insight would be appreciated.
 
Only anecdotal - I think a pilot at ANP did some some local research, figured out cars hit houses orders of magnitude more often than GA aircraft.

At one righteous indignation meeting, in opposition to the airport, "safety" was one reason to shutter the place; he suggested banning cars in the neighborhoods, paving the airport as a parking lot, and forcing the residents to use a shuttle between home and the new parking lot - much "safer".
 
This is a very interesting question. One which clearly bears on the need for regulation to maintain safety.
 
There is quite a lot of research on this, including mathematical formulas that calculate probability based on distance from runway end and centerline. I am traveling the next couple of days but will post in a day or two.

Bottom line is that the lottery is more of a sure thing than getting hit by an airplane.
 
2014:
OFF-AIRPORT GROUND INJURIES
3 ACCIDENTS / 2 GROUND FATALITIES
AND 2 SERIOUSLY INJURED
A father and daughter were killed on a Florida beach when they were
struck by the wing of a Piper PA-28-181 attempting to make a forced
landing after an engine failure. The pilot had tried to steer for an
unoccupied area and did not see the victims in the water. He and his
passenger were unhurt.
One person in a vehicle was seriously injured in the crash of a Eurocopter
AS-350-B2 news-gathering helicopter that lost tail rotor effectiveness
just after takeoff from a downtown Seattle helipad. The NTSB concluded
that a hydraulic failure was probably to blame for the accident, which
killed the helicopter’s pilot and only passenger. In Alaska, a boat operator
was struck by a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver that was following the boat
at low altitude, suffering serious injuries. The airplane was subsequently
damaged when it collided with the boat after the pilot landed on the river
to offer assistance.
ON-AIRPORT GROUND INJURIES
3 ACCIDENTS / 5 GROUND FATALITIES, 2 SERIOUSLY
INJURED, AND 4 MINOR INJURIES
A King Air 200 that lost one engine just after takeoff crashed into a flight
training facility at Wichita International Airport, killing three people
inside the building, seriously injuring two more, and causing minor
injuries to four. The pilot was also killed. An FBO employee died after
walking into the left propeller of an idling deHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
skydiving airplane; she had gone out to take the pilot’s order for lunch and
was apparently more accustomed to single-engine airplanes. A Champion
7ECA struck a riding mower during its landing roll, killing the operator.
 
2013:
OFF-AIRPORT GROUND INJURIES
(2 ACCIDENTS /
2 GROUND FATALITIES AND 1 SERIOUSLY INJURED)
Two
children were killed when a Rockwell Commander 690B crashed
into their house while on approach to the airport in East Haven,
Connecticut. The pilot and the only passenger, his son, also died. One
person on the ground suffered serious injury when a Hawker 390 jet
crashed into three homes during an attempted go-around at South
Bend, Indiana. The pilot in command and the pilot-rated passenger
in the right front seat were killed, while the two passengers in the
back seats escaped with serious injuries. The cockpit voice and flight
data recorders indicated that the right-seat passenger, who held a
multiengine rating but was not type-rated for the jet, inadvertently
moved the throttles into the fuel cut-off position; through the
approach, the pilot had apparently been showing him how to fly the
airplane. He was unable to restart the engines but still attempted to go
around after the landing gear wouldn’t extend.
ON-AIRPORT GROUND INJURIES
(3 ACCIDENTS /
2 GROUND FATALITIES AND 1 SERIOUSLY INJURED)
While
trying to get a picture of the airplane in the run-up area, the girlfriend
of the pilot of a Quicksilver Sport IIs walked into the moving propeller.
She survived with serious injuries. A runway maintenance worker was
killed by the propeller of a Grumman G164-B crop-duster landing after
a positioning flight. In the only helicopter accident in any of this year’s
“unusual” categories, the just-relieved pilot of an Enstrom F-28C died
after being hit in the head by a main rotor blade while walking away
from the aircraft following a “hot” crew change

I'll let you dig for earlier data.

But, the bottom line is that it's hard to do meaningful statistics on such rare occurrences.
 
I actually conducted a study of this for a client in Minnesota a couple years ago. I'll try to get permission to post it. Bottom line is that I looked at various studies going back decades, including but not limited to:

»President’s Airports Commission
»Department of Defense
»ACRP Report 27 Enhancing Airport Land Use Compatibility
»California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook
»FAA Location of Commercial Aircraft Accidents/Incidents
»Nall Reports
»ARCP Report 3, Analysis of Aircraft Overruns and Undershoots for Runway Safety Areas

This study identified an average of 0.6 "groundling" fatalities per year caused by GA and commercial aircraft within 5 miles of an airport.
 
Zeldman said:
I once skinned my elbow sumping fuel on a Navajo.......
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Oh geez! They're going to include people banging their head on the flaps pre-flighting high wings! Expect to see MSNBC reporting thousands of GA injuries:eek:
 
danhagan said:
Oh geez! They're going to include people banging their head on the flaps pre-flighting high wings! Expect to see MSNBC reporting thousands of GA injuries:eek:
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You can tell a Cessna pilot by the diamond scar on the fore head. You can tell the intelligence of a Cessna pilot by the number of diamond shape scars on the fore head..... :lol::lol:
 
Lies, damned lies and statistics.
I remember when the government was classifying guys who died on the way to hospitals outside of Vietnam as "non-combat related death".
In New York City last year crime was way down. Mostly because of how things were reported. When they got reported at all. My cousin got mugged in the subway last year. When she asked for a copy of the police report it said she fell on the stairs and lost her wallet and phone.
I have a serious allergy to government statistics of any kind.
 
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