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1 online resource |
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Transportation issues, policies and R&D |
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Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.
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| Contents |
GENERAL AVIATION LIABILITY INSURANCE ISSUES AND MITIGATION OF SAFETY RISKS ; GENERAL AVIATION LIABILITY INSURANCE ISSUES AND MITIGATION OF SAFETY RISKS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 GENERAL AVIATION: OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS AND COVERAGE FOR AIRCRAFT OWNERS* ; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Found; Background; The Majority of States Have No GA Liability Insurance or Related Financial-Responsibility Requirements, Although Other Entities May Impose Such Requirements |
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Eleven States Impose Either Liability Insurance or Aircraft Financial-Responsibility Requirements Applicable to Some GA Aircraft Owners and OperatorsOther Public and Private Entities Require Liability Insurance, but Extent Is Unknown; The Ranges of GA Liability Insurance Premiums Are Influenced by the Type of Coverage and Several Risk Factors; The Two Most Common Types of Coverage Have Different Insurance Premium Ranges; Aircraft Type and Pilot Experience Are among Key Factors That Influence Premium Costs |
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Selected Stakeholders Cited Understanding the Extent of the Problem and Costs among Key Factors That Should Be Considered in Determining Whether to Adopt a Federal Liability Insurance RequirementCosts to Victims and the Public; Extent of the Problem; Costs to the GA Community; Implementation and Administration Issues of a Potential Requirement; Potential Public Safety Benefits; Agency Comments; Appendix I: Objective, Scope, and Methodology; Appendix II: States with Minimum Liability Insurance or Aircraft Financial-Responsibility Requirements; End Notes; End Notes for Appendix I |
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Chapter 2 GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY: ADDITIONAL FAA EFFORTS COULD HELP IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE SAFETY RISKS* Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; General Aviation Accidents Decreased, but Some Segments Had Disproportionate Shares of Accidents; General Aviation Accidents Decreased from 1999 to 2011; Most General Aviation Accidents Involved Personal Operations and Single-Engine Piston Aircraft; Some Industry Segments Experienced Fatal Accidents Disproportionately to Their Estimated Annual Flight Hours |
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Loss of Control Was the Most Common Type of Fatal General Aviation AccidentPilot Error Was a Cause of Most Accidents, but Targeting Mitigations Is Difficult because of a Lack of Pilot Data; Flight Activity Data Limitations Impede FAA's Ability to Assess General Aviation Safety and Target Risk Mitigation Efforts; FAA's Singular Goal to Reduce the Fatal Accident Rate May Mask Problems in Certain Segments of General Aviation; FAA Has Key Initiatives under Way to Improve General Aviation Safety, but One Has Several Shortcomings; FAA Renewed the GAJSC in Early 2011 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Description based on print version record |
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Private flying -- United States
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Private flying -- United States -- Safety measures
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Aviation insurance -- United States
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TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial
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Private flying -- Safety measures
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Private flying
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Aviation insurance
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Douglas, Jessie, editor
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| LC no. |
2020678699 |
| ISBN |
9781634847360 |
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1634847369 |
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