NOTES: 2004 data are preliminary.
The 2001 spike in commercial aviation fatalities per hours flown is the
result of the terrorist acts of September 11; these data include only
fatalities of persons aboard the 4 aircraft.
General aviation can be described as any civil aircraft operation that is
not covered under 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Parts 121, 129, or 135,
commonly referred to as commercial air carrier operations. Commerical
aviation includes air carriers operating
under 14 CFR Part 121 only, both scheduled and nonscheduled service.
SOURCE: National Transportation
Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, tables 5 and 10, available at
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/, as of July 2005.
