Aviation Safety: FAA Oversight of Aviation Repair Stations

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Aviation Repair Stations Aviation Safety Federal Aviation Administration Federal Government Agencies Federal Oversight Government Oversight Inspection Repair And Maintenance Businesses Supervision
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/T-RCED-98-188
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403520
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  Testimony of Gerald L. Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division before the Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of repair stations that maintain and repair aircraft and aircraft components. In recent years, FAA's oversight of repair stations has become a matter of concern, in part because the work performed by repair stations has been identified as a factor in several aircraft accidents. This testimony discussed three main issues: (1) the practice of using individual inspectors in repair station inspections; (2) the condition of inspection documentation; and (3) current FAA actions to improve the inspection process.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1473fed2339881b928ea5202c35ed8a629fb9d61348ebf5796052cd820b816a53850f3186a55be3f295e24808e216455e1fce227964088801303d9963ddfdbb6
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12786/dot_12786_DS1.pdf
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