General aviation : liability insurance issues and mitigation of safety risks / Jessie Douglas, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Douglas, Jessie, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Private flying--Security measures--United States.

Private flying.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

A substantial proportion of all domestic aviation accidents and fatalities that occur each year involve general aviation (GA), which includes all aviation except commercial and military. Under federal law, the Secretary of Transportation is responsible for ensuring that commercial air carriers carry liability insurance. However, no such federal requirements exist for GA aircraft owners. In some cases, accidents involving uninsured or underinsured GA aircraft owners have occurred where individuals (passengers or third parties) who incurred losses received little or no compensation. This book examines existing liability insurance requirements for GA aircraft owners; premiums for GA liability insurance; and factors that selected stakeholders cited which should be considered in determining whether to adopt a federal liability insurance requirement. Furthermore, this book discusses the characteristics of and trends in general aviation accidents from 1999 through 2011; and recent actions taken by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve general aviation safety.

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

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

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

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

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

FAA Launched a 5-Year Strategy in 2011 to Help Reduce the Fatal General Aviation Accident Rate

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-736-9