WASHINGTON - More than 5,000 E-AB owners, operators and
builders have responded to an invitation by both the
National Transportation Safety Board and the Experimental
Aircraft Association (EAA) to complete a survey on how E-AB
aircraft are built and operated so safety issues in this
sector of general aviation can be better understood.
On July 14, 2011, the NTSB announced that it had undertaken
a comprehensive safety study of E-AB aircraft with the
support of the EAA, which is hosting the web-based survey,
the results of which are being shared with the NTSB.
"We are very encouraged by the impressive number of
responses to the EAA survey," said Deborah A.P. Hersman.
"The more information that is provided to EAA about how the
more than 33,000 E-AB aircraft in the U.S. are built and
operated, the better we'll be able to understand the safety
issues that are so important to this innovative community."
The EAA has announced that their survey will remain open
through August 31, 2011.
Owners, operators and builders of E-AB aircraft who have not
yet completed the survey are encouraged to do so at
www.EAA.org/AB-Survey.
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Press release announcing E-AB study:
http://go.usa.gov/k2P
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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson
(202) 314-6100
peter.knudson@ntsb.gov