Originally Posted by
VerdunLuck
The term "accident" has a special and precise written meaning in air law which defines exactly what is (and isn't) an accident that requires investigation.
In terms of accident investigation, which does not seek to apportion blame, it is probably important that it does have neutral connotations. In general, accident investigation is (and should always remain) outside any blame culture.
Indeed, but since the police sensibly stopped using the term accident to describe something that may not be accidental (RTA - Road Traffic accident, now known as RTC - Road Traffic Collision), perhaps the aviation community should start using a more suitable term than accident.
If nothing else, it causes confusion on web forums, accidentally of course!