Technical Documentation Challenges in Aviation Maintenance: A Proceedings Report

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• Creators:
  Avers, Katrina Bedell ; Johnson, Bill ; Banks, Joy O. ; Wenzel, Brenda M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Maintenance practices
  • Airworthiness
  • Aviation safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-12/16
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Abstract:
  The 2012 Technical Documentation workshop addressed both problems and solutions associated with technical ; documentation for maintenance. These issues are known to cause errors, rework, maintenance delays, other ; safety hazards, and FAA administrative actions against individuals and organizations. The report describes the ; group processes and data collection technique used to identify the top ten industry action items for addressing ; documentation issues: ; 1. Quantify financial loss related to documentation issues. ; 2. Develop/apply methods for evaluating quality of technical documentation. ; 3. Leverage voluntary reporting to identify specific problems with documentation. ; 4. Improve/create guidance for FAA personnel working documentation issues, especially Instructions for ; Continued Airworthiness (ICA). ; 5. Expand incident investigation to identify details associated with documentation issues. ; 6. Improve integration and linkage of content across maintenance documents – maintenance manuals, task ; cards, and illustrated parts catalogs. ; 7. Delegate approval from FAA to industry using established Organization Designation Authorization ; (ODA). ; 8. Improve usability of manual format, accessibility of manual, and training on manual use. ; 9. Initiate industry mandate requiring users to address known documentation issues. ; 10. Improve coordination of document professionals from industry segments and government.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Task no. AM-A-08-HRR-521
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25367/dot_25367_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.55 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection ; FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
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