Members may be interested in this NTSB study which found a disproportionate percentage of aircraft accidents and fatalities were attributable to first flights of experimental amateur-built aircraft.
To me the results are not surprising, since the segment studied is the highest risk segment, but I wonder what the Australian position would be?
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2012...udy/index.html
The complete study will be available on ntsb.gov in several weeks.