RE: When is the average first crash?
I did not vote simply because the time referance does not apply very well (some solo in a few flights and some may take a few years).
What pattern that has become noticable though over time is the the period after solo tends to be a particularly risky period in terms of crashes. Sometimes agrivated by the move to more advanced airplanes to soon or skiping logical skill progressions. Sometimes its simply soloing too soon.
John