AE662 : Aircraft Accident Investigations

Department

Department of Aeronautical Engineering

Academic Program

Master in Master of Aerospace Engineering

Type

Elective

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

Introduction: Definitions, Notifications, the investigator, the investigationgroups. Organization management. Survey: general, survey of previous accidents,IATA accident/incident classifications, and accident causes evaluations for jet andturboprop: Human factors versus flight phases, technical factors against flight phases,flight phases versus environmental factors. Statistics: Definitions, total loss ratesclassifications, mission profile, total loss rate classifications by flight phases, summaryof turbo prop accidents (total loss), summary of jet fleet accidents (totalloss),conclusion. Classifications: IATA geographic regions, classification of accidentsaccording to type of aircraft. Final investigation report: procedure, format of the report,factual information, analysis of factual document, findings, causes safetyrecommendations, report appendices. IATA Annex 13 to Convention of Internationalcivil Aviation Authority: Case study (To be selected from Civil Aviation Authorityaccident archive).