Improving the continued airworthiness of civil aircraft : a strategy for the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service
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Improving the continued airworthiness of civil aircraft : a strategy for the FAA's Aircraft Certification Service

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  • Corporate Creators:
    National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Aircraft Certification Safety Management
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    United States
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    National Academy Press
  • Abstract:
    The National Research Council (NRC) was asked to conduct an independent assessment of the safety management process used by the Aircraft Certification Service of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to define how the current process might be improved. The committee was asked to review common causes of accidents and incidents involving civil aircraft and determine which causes might be related to the certification process with an emphasis on continued airworthiness. This report focuses on defining the key elements of an improved aircraft certification safety management process for large transport airplanes and recommending how potential barriers to implementing the recommended process could be overcome. Chapter 2 provides background information on the role of AIR (Aircraft Certification Service), on how that role has evolved, and on specific regulatory actions that are part of the current safety management process. Chapter 3 provides background information on the causes of incidents and accidents. Chapter 4 describes the recommended safety management process, which includes a mechanism for monitoring its own effectiveness. Chapter 5 describes the relationships between human factors, environmental factors, and aircraft systems in accidents and incidents, followed by comments on several current initiatives to reduce accidents and incidents associated with human error. Chapter 6 recommends approaches for overcoming five key barriers to the implementation of the recommended safety management plan. Chapter 7 describes special characteristics of the small aircraft and rotorcraft communities and the special concerns that these characteristics raise with respect to the recommended safety management plan. Tables, appendices. 74p.
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