After that chap fell out of a plane's undercarriage and landed in Clapham, I looked

[Sir C]

Here you go. Knew I wasn't imagining it. I seem to remember it was quite a thing at the time.

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/20/u...r-crashes.html

Blimey, 4 fatal incidents? That's not many, really. I'm inclined to think it was perception more than statistical reality.