Skaz
4th Feb 2004, 21:22
This is a request for a little help and advice from the more experienced folks out there. I am a fairly inexperienced FSO working for a large charter company that does charters, freight and medevacs.
In trying to make our crews aware of potential safety issues in the operation of our aircraft, I am writing monthly bulletins that includes accident / incident statistics of the types we operate. When publishing these statistics, I have found it generates more visual impact and is more readily understand able if they are in pie or graph chart format.
The accidents / incidents info and reports are obtained from the NTSB and other websites, I then read them, analyse and break the accidents / incidents down into three ‘compartments’ , which are illustrated as the charts.
These are:
· CATEGORY of accident:
CFIT, U/C failure, Structural failure, Engine failure, Engine Fire, Ditching, Inflight collisions, Birdstrikes and Collisions with obstructions on the gnd.
· PHASE OF FLIGHT :
I simplified the different phases into the following; Taxi, Take Off (from the start of the take off run to 400’ agl), Climb (400’ to TOC), Cruise, Holding, Approach (from turning outbound for the approach down to 400’), Landing (400’ to end of landing roll) and the Taxi again.
· C & R (Cause & Related Factors)
These are the primary and secondary causal and related factors that led to the incident or accident, being Human Factors (includes …well you know, just about everything: Training, Procedures, Health, Sensory illusions, CRM as factor and can also include some of the Category stuff like engine fire or bird strike…if somebody crashed while landing due being injured by a fire on board). Also Weather (snow, ice on gnd), Terrain, Technical failures, MRM, CRM , Runway Incursion…
I would appreciate advice on how to perhaps compartmentalize the different characteristics or parts of the accident, different categories, changes in the phase of flight labeling etc etc….
Also, I have a lot of info on websites for safety research, accident databases etc, but would welcome more,
And lastly, are there courses offered by the FAA or NTSB on accident investigation etc in the USA? How to contact, job opportunities etc for those study directions ( but still an aviator and don’t want to give up flying!)
Thanks in advance
In trying to make our crews aware of potential safety issues in the operation of our aircraft, I am writing monthly bulletins that includes accident / incident statistics of the types we operate. When publishing these statistics, I have found it generates more visual impact and is more readily understand able if they are in pie or graph chart format.
The accidents / incidents info and reports are obtained from the NTSB and other websites, I then read them, analyse and break the accidents / incidents down into three ‘compartments’ , which are illustrated as the charts.
These are:
· CATEGORY of accident:
CFIT, U/C failure, Structural failure, Engine failure, Engine Fire, Ditching, Inflight collisions, Birdstrikes and Collisions with obstructions on the gnd.
· PHASE OF FLIGHT :
I simplified the different phases into the following; Taxi, Take Off (from the start of the take off run to 400’ agl), Climb (400’ to TOC), Cruise, Holding, Approach (from turning outbound for the approach down to 400’), Landing (400’ to end of landing roll) and the Taxi again.
· C & R (Cause & Related Factors)
These are the primary and secondary causal and related factors that led to the incident or accident, being Human Factors (includes …well you know, just about everything: Training, Procedures, Health, Sensory illusions, CRM as factor and can also include some of the Category stuff like engine fire or bird strike…if somebody crashed while landing due being injured by a fire on board). Also Weather (snow, ice on gnd), Terrain, Technical failures, MRM, CRM , Runway Incursion…
I would appreciate advice on how to perhaps compartmentalize the different characteristics or parts of the accident, different categories, changes in the phase of flight labeling etc etc….
Also, I have a lot of info on websites for safety research, accident databases etc, but would welcome more,
And lastly, are there courses offered by the FAA or NTSB on accident investigation etc in the USA? How to contact, job opportunities etc for those study directions ( but still an aviator and don’t want to give up flying!)
Thanks in advance