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^aIn 1960, 1970, 1980, classified as "Industrial."
^bIncludes air tours done under 14 CFR 135: air taxi operators and commercial operators.
^cIncludes sight seeing done under 14 CFR 91: general operating and flight rules.
^dFederal, state or local Government-owned or leased aircraft used for the purpose of fulfilling a government position.
^eIncludes air taxi operations. Nautical miles in source multiplied by 1.151 to convert from nautical miles.
^fSum of fatalities does not necessarily equal total. Differences are due to methodology used to count collisions involving aircraft in different categories.
^gSuicide/sabotage cases are included in accidents and fatalities data but are excluded from accident rates.

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

NOTES: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Total fatalities in this profile may not match those in table 2-14, due to when the total fatalities data were received and the data breakdown by type of flying. NTSB constantly updates and reclassifies accident and fatality data.  

1994-95 data for active aircraft by use, and flight hours, have been revised to reflect changes in adjustment for nonresponse bias with 1996 telephone survey factors. 1996 vehicle-miles and fuel consumption data are estimated using new information on nonrespondents and are not comparable to earlier years.

SOURCES: Unless otherwise noted, refer to chapter tables for sources.

^hEno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Transportation in America, Annual Issues (Washington, DC), pp. 42, 47.
^IUnited States. Federal Aviation Administration, General Aviation and Air Taxi Activity and Avionics Survey (Washington, DC: 1990-1997 issues), table 1.1.
^jIbid., table 1.4 
^kIbid., table 3.3.
^lIbid., table 5.1.
^mNational Transportation Safety Board, RE-50, personal communication.
ⁿIbid., Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data, U.S. General Aviation, Calendar Year 1998 (Washington, DC: July 2000), charts 27, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43.
^oIbid., NTSB Press Release, SB99-06 (Washington, DC: 2000, and earlier issues).
^pIbid., personal communication, August 29, 2000. 
^q1998: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Aerospace Forecasts, Fiscal Years 2000-2011 (Washington, DC: March 2000), table 29.