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FAA: We're working to reduce accidents


By: Peggy Gilligan

The Federal Aviation Administration and the entire general aviation community have been working together for years to reduce fatal accidents in small aircraft by using data to determine the leading cause of accidents. Those efforts have focused most recently on stalls and other loss-of-control incidents, because they account for 40% of small aircraft accidents.

Aircraft design contributes significantly to general aviation operations safety, but pilot awareness and decision-making will always play a key role in aviation safety, no matter how many safety features the FAA requires on an airplane.