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Published on 12/15/1995, HERALD UND AVIATION LAUDED FOR ACCIDENT-FREE YEAR ``You did almost impossible things,'' John Odegard told more than 100 assembled members of UND's aerospace program Thursday. The Center for Aerospace Sciences dean then proudly enumerated some of the feats that contributed to the award he had just accepted from the Federal Aviation Administration
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On September 27, 2001, the Dakota Student published an article entitled "Mechanical Problems Force UND Planes To Land ". The article states "there have been a number of incidents recently involving UND Aerospace training flights. During the month of September, there were three emergency landings by UND planes".
The article ends stating "According to [Al] Palmer and Director of Safety Dana Seaworth, such frequent occurrences are extremely rare. In the general aviation industry there are six accidents for every 100,000 flight hours., while in the U.S. this number is down to four. UND held out at zero in 1998 and 1999, and had only 2 in the year 2000."
However, FAA statistics reveal UND had 1 mishap in 1998, 7 in 1999 & 6 in 2000.