Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
My inquiry was meant to refer to an internal investigation process, possibly with witness testimony. Or does the NTSB investigation in effect preempt any internal Army investigation and reporting functions which presumably are conducted when there is no civilian involvement in an Army aviation accident?
If such an internal investigation happens it won't be public. Just look at how sparse accident investigations are when the NTSB/civilians aren't involved.
I've not seen a public release for the AH-64 that crashed in Galveston Bay Dec 2016. I know a few ASAMs were issued late 2017/early 2018, basically some pre and post flight inspections.
Apache helicopter down in Galveston Bay, Texas
And that's about par for the course, particularly the Army.
It wasn't mentioned (
afaik) in the NTSB hearings but does the Policy Board on Federal Aviation (which I understand is situated within DoD) have any investigation role in this accident? Or in deciding upon and possibly implementing recommendations the NTSB presumably will make when its report is complete, to the extent the recommendations are directed to Army aviation specifically (or other types of military aviation generally) as these operate in the NAS?
I doubt they have an investigative role. They probably will be involved with policy changes once the report is final, though we likely won't hear much about it.