According to NTSB's preliminary statistics, fatal general aviation accidents increased slightly from 222 in 2013 to 253 in 2014, and overall number of general aviation accidents decreased slightly from 1,224 in 2013 to 1,221 in 2014. Despite reporting fewer accidents, accident rate for general aviation aircraft increased from 6.26 per 100,000 flight hours in previous year to 6.74 in 2014. There were 28 accidents involving Part 121 operations and 4 involving scheduled Part 135 operations.