We’ll start with the good news that came out of our examination of the 100 most recent Aviat Husky accidents: There were extraordinarily few engine/mechanical accidents and absolutely no accidents that were fuel related. In our accident surveys, we expect to see about 15 engine/mechanical accidents—there were three, and two of those were apparently due to carb ice.
Now the bad news—some 65 wrecks were on landing (10 of those involving floatplanes on water). While we expect 40 to 50 percent of accidents for tailwheel airplanes to involve landing problems, there’s something about the Husky that leads pilots to grief at a surprisingly high rate on landing.