Digging further to find those 82 deaths reveals a matrix of flight instruction, sightseeing, ag flying, aeromed operations, pipeline patrol, test flying and so forth.

And

Unfortunately, what appears to have happened here is that any commercial pilot involved in an accident was listed … as a commercial pilot death. So that means the commercial pilot flying a personal trip from Ohio to Virginia was probably listed as a commercial pilot death when he crashed, as was the commercial pilot who died on a post-maintenance flight after working on his personal airplane

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Ok, well, not the best article then…but without trying to get too deep in the weeds I did say I intended all pilots to be included in my original statement. Therefore even a commercial pilot operating a private aircraft and crashing would be included.