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              UNITED  STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                       WASHINGTON, D.C.  20548

                                       FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                       EXPECTED SEPTEMBER 27, 1983

                            STATEMENT OF
                OLIVER W. KRUEGER, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
      RESOURCES,  COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

         HOUSE  SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS AND OVERSIGHT
                      COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
                         AND TRANSPORTATION
                                 ON
                  SMALL AIR CARRIER AIRCRAFT SAFETY


Mr. Chairman and Members of  the Subcommittee:

     We appreciate  the opportunity to be here today to discuss

small air carrier aircraft  safety.  My testimony is based on a

review we have just completed.   Our draft report was submitted

last week to the Department of Transportation  and the National

Transportation Safety Board  for their review and comment.

     To place my discussion  today in proper perspective, I do want

to stress that statistics  show that flying with this Nation's com-

mercial air carriers is by far one of  the safest means of trans-

portation.  Our analysis of  air carrier accidents and accident

rates for a 6-year period--1977-82--also  shows that there has been

an overall reduction  in both the number and rate of accidents per

100,000 hours of flying.  However, a  closer look at these same

statistics shows that there  is a large difference in the accident

rates among the three classes of air carriers--large  scheduled,

commuter, and unscheduled air taxis.  Accident  rate differences

are also apparent when looking at the size of  aircraft used by

these carriers, that is, the seating capacity of  the planes.





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