Aviation Safety: Weaknesses in Inspection and Enforcement Limit FAA in Identifying and Responding to Risks

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aviation safety
  • Security
  • Safety programs
  • Inspection
  • Regulations
  • Federal government agencies
  • Oversight
  • Aviation security
  • Enforcement
  • Flight Standards and Security inspection system
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-98-6
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403317
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Description:
  This General Accounting Office report examines (1) the outcomes of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) inspection process in fiscal years 1990 through 1996 and how this process could be strengthened to better assess and encourage compliance with aviation safety and security regulations and (2) the outcomes of FAA's enforcement process during this period and how this process could be strengthened to better address potential violations of aviation safety and security regulations. This report contains recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation for improving FAA's enforcement of aviation safety and security regulations.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12817/dot_12817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 663.03 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5aa3ad24a23aa2b1e4af92f22ef3294e084608eedd14e0d1b7f4325c52c3e9778acffff67126ec4543785794d07fa126d4b356df541c5e2925817d6bc5676f8b