Life Insurance✓ Verified · outline & fact-checked · Sep 2026Difficulty 2/5
A life policy contains an aviation exclusion. Which death would most likely be excluded under a standard aviation exclusion?
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Why A is correct
A standard aviation exclusion applies to noncommercial or private flying, typically when the insured is piloting or acting as a crew member of a private aircraft, or flying in an aircraft not operated by a licensed commercial carrier on a scheduled route. Deaths while a passenger on a scheduled commercial airline are ordinarily covered, as are unrelated causes like a heart attack while boarding. The exclusion targets the extra hazard of private flight, not routine commercial travel. Insurers may charge a higher premium or add an endorsement for pilots.
Why the other options are wrong
- B) Scheduled commercial airline passengers are usually covered; the exclusion targets private or noncommercial flying.
- C) A heart attack while boarding a commercial flight is a natural death, not an aviation accident, and is covered.
- D) The exclusion covers aviation risks only; a car accident is unrelated and covered.
Memory hook
Aviation exclusion = private plane danger, not the airlines you ride as a passenger.