Aviation Studies and Special Reports
Aviation Studies and Special
Reports
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| Title: Safety Report on the Treatment of Safety-Critical Systems in Transport Airplanes |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--06-02, adopted on 4/25/2006 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2006-917003 |
| Title: Special Investigation Report: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Operations |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-06-01, adopted on 1/25/2006 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2006-917001 |
| Title: Risk Factors Associated with Weather-Related General Aviation Accidents |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--05-01, adopted on 9/7/2005 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2005-917004 |
| Title: Safety Report: Current Procedures for Collecting and Reporting U.S. General Aviation Accident and Activity Data |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--05-02, adopted on 4/29/2005 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2005-917002 |
| Title: Transportation Safety Databases |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--02-02, adopted on 9/11/2002 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2002-917004 |
| Title: Safety Study: Public Aircraft Safety |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--01-01, adopted on 10/23/2001 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2001-917004 |
| Title: Safety Report: Survivability of Accidents Involving Part 121 U.S. Air Carrier Operations, 1983 through 2000 |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--01-01, adopted on 3/5/2001 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2001-917001 |
| Title: Putting Children First |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--00-02 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| Title: Safety Study: Emergency Evacuation of Commercial Airplanes |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--00-01, adopted on 6/27/2000 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB2000-917002 |
| Title: Evaluation of U.S. Department of Transportation Efforts in the 1990s to Address Operator Fatigue |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--99-01, adopted on 5/11/1999 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB99-917002 |
| Title: CD-ROM Proceedings International Symposium on Transportation Recorders May 3-5, 1999 (issued on CD-ROM; see also CDR-011) |
| NTSB Report Number: RP--99-01 |
| Title: We Are All Safer |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--98-01 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| Title: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 Loss of Main Rotor Control Accidents |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-96-03, adopted on 4/2/1996 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB96-917003 |
| Title: Air Traffic Control Equipment Outages |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-96-01, adopted on 1/23/1996 [Summary | PDF Document] |
| NTIS Report Number: PB96-917001 |
| Title: Aviation Safety in Alaska |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--95-03, adopted on 11/28/1995 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB95-917006 |
| Title: Fatigue Symposium Proceedings November 1-2, 1995 National Transportation Safety Board and NASA AMES Research Center |
| NTSB Report Number: RP--95-02, adopted on 11/2/1995 |
| Title: Safety of the Air Tour Industry in the United States. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-95-01, adopted on 6/1/1995 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB95-917004 |
| Title: Maintenance Anomaly resulting in Dragged Engine during Landing Rollout, Northwest Airlines Flight 18 Boeing 747-251B, N637US New Tokyo International Airport Narita, Japan, March 1, 1994. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-94-02, adopted on 12/20/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917006 |
| Title: Commuter Airline Safety. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--94-02, adopted on 11/15/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917004 |
| Title: Aviation Accident Investigation Symposium, March 29-31, 1994 Tysons Corner, Virginia. Volume I: Industry Recommendations and Safety Board Responses |
| NTSB Report Number: RP--94-01, adopted on 10/17/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917005 |
| Title: Aviation Accident Investigation Symposium, March 29-31, 1994 Tysons Corner, Virginia. Volume II: Participant Presentations |
| NTSB Report Number: RP--94-02, adopted on 10/17/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917007 |
| Title: Safety Issues Related to Wake Vortex Encounters during Visual Approach to Landing. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-94-01, adopted on 2/15/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917002 |
| Title: A Review of Flightcrew-Involved, Major Accidents of U.S. Air Carriers, 1978 through 1990. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--94-01, adopted on 1/19/1994 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB94-917001 |
| Title: Commercial Space Launch Incident Launch Procedure Anomaly Orbital Sciences Corporation Pegasus/SCD-1, 80 Nautical miles of East Cape Canaveral, Florida February 9, 1993. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-93-02, adopted on 7/26/1993 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB93-917003 |
| Title: Alcohol and Other Drug Involvement In Fatal General Aviation Accidents, 1983 through 1988. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--92-03, adopted on 10/14/1992 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB92-917008 |
| Title: Piper Aircraft Corporation PA-46 Malibu/Mirage Accidents/Incidents May 31, 1989 to March 17, 1991. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-92-03, adopted on 7/21/1992 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB92-917007 |
| Title: Flight Attendant Training and Performance During Emergency Situations. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-92-02, adopted on 6/9/1992 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB92-917006 |
| Title: Runway Overruns Following High Speed Rejected Takeoffs. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-90-02, adopted on 2/27/1990 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB90-917005 |
| Title: Brake Performance of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30/40 During High Speed, High Energy Takeoffs. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-90-01, adopted on 2/27/1990 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB90-917004 |
| Title: General Aviation Accidents Involving Visual Flight Rules Flight into Instrument Meteorological Conditions. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--89-01, adopted on 2/8/1989 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB89-917001 |
| Title: Commercial Emergency Medical Service Helicopter Operations. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--88-01, adopted on 1/28/1988 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB88-917001 |
| Title: Runway Incursions at Controlled Airports in the United States. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-86-01, adopted on 5/6/1986 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB86-917003 |
| Title: Airline Passenger Safety Education: A Review of Methods Used to Present Safety Information. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--85-04, adopted on 10/25/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917014 |
| Title: General Aviation Crashworthiness Project Phase III -- Acceleration Loads and Velocity Changes of Survivable General Aviation Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--85-02, adopted on 9/4/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917016 |
| Title: Air Carrier Overwater Emergency Equipment and Procedures. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--85-02, adopted on 6/12/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917006 |
| Title: General Aviation Crashworthiness Project Phase Two -- Impact Severity and Potential Injury Prevention in G.A. Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--85-01, adopted on 3/15/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917002 |
| Title: Ultralight Vehicle Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--85-01, adopted on 2/7/1985 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB85-917001 |
| Title: Aviation Accident Investigation Symposium, April 26-28, 1983, Springfield, Virginia. |
| NTSB Report Number: RP--84-01, adopted on 7/13/1984 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB84-917004 |
| Title: Statistical Review of Alcohol- Involved Aviation Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--84-03, adopted on 5/1/1984 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB84-917003 |
| Title: Airport Certification and Operations. |
| NTSB Report Number: SS--84-02, adopted on 4/11/1984 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB84-917002 |
| Title: An Evaluation of Garrett TPE 331 Engine Potential for Turbine Oil By-Product Contamination Arcft Cabin Env. System. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-84-01, adopted on 1/20/1984 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB84-917006 |
| Title: General Aviation Crashworthiness Project, Phase One. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--83-01, adopted on 6/27/1983 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB83-917004 |
| Title: Follow-up Study of the United States Air Traffic Control System. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-83-01, adopted on 5/12/1983 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB83-917002 |
| Title: Large Airplane Operations on Contaminated Runways. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-83-02, adopted on 4/22/1983 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB83-917003 |
| Title: Air Traffic Control System. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-81-07, adopted on 12/8/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-136276 |
| Title: Aircraft Separation Incidents at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia, 10/07/80. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-81-06, adopted on 9/24/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-123985 |
| Title: Evacuation of United Airlines DC-8-61, Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, December 29, 1980. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-81-04, adopted on 9/9/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-115619 |
| Title: Aircraft Icing Avoidance and Protection. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--81-01, adopted on 9/9/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-108135 |
| Title: Cabin Safety in Large Transport Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-81-02, adopted on 9/9/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-129297 |
| Title: Flight Service Station Weather Briefing Inadequacies. |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-81-03, adopted on 8/25/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-249435 |
| Title: Search and Rescue Procedures and Arming Emergency Locator Transmitter Aircraft Accident, near Michigan City, IN 12-07-80 |
| NTSB Report Number: SIR-81-02, adopted on 8/11/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-249427 |
| Title: Review of Rotorcraft Accidents 1977 - 1979. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-81-01, adopted on 8/11/1981 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-115601 |
| Title: The Status of General Aviation Aircraft Crashworthiness. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--80-02, adopted on 12/17/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-160798 |
| Title: Air Taxi Safety in Alaska. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-80-03, adopted on 9/16/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB80-000000 |
| Title: General Aviation Accidents: Postcrash Fires and How to Prevent or Control Them. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-80-02, adopted on 8/28/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-102071 |
| Title: Commuter Airline Safety 1970 - 1979. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-80-01, adopted on 7/22/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB81-104267 |
| Title: Design Induced Landing Gear Retraction Accidents in Beechcraft Baron, Bonanza, and Other Light Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: SR--80-01, adopted on 6/24/1980 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB82-171596 |
| Title: Light Twin Engine Aircraft Accidents Following Engine Failures, 1972 - 1976. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-79-02, adopted on 12/13/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB80-177306 |
| Title: Single Engine, Fixed Wing General Aviation Accidents 1972 - 1976. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-79-01, adopted on 5/31/1979 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-297216 |
| Title: Emergency Locator Transmitters - An Overview. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-78-01, adopted on 1/26/1978 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-293258 |
| Title: U.S. Air Carrier Accidents Involv. Fire 1965 through 1974, and Factors Affecting the Statistics. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-77-01, adopted on 2/17/1977 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-266883 |
| Title: Flightcrew Coordination Procedures in Air Carrier Instrument Landing System Approach Landings. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-76-05, adopted on 8/18/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-258720/AS |
| Title: General Aviation Accidents Involving Aerobatics, 1972 - 1974. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-76-04, adopted on 7/20/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-257747/AS |
| Title: Nonfatal, Weather Involved General Aviation Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-76-03, adopted on 5/27/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-256591/AS |
| Title: U.S. General Aviation Takeoff Accidents - The Role of Preflight Preparation. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-76-02, adopted on 3/10/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-252203/AS |
| Title: Chemically Generated, Supplemental Oxygen Systems in DC-10 and L-1011 Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-76-01, adopted on 3/3/1976 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-252023/AS |
| Title: Flight Data Recorder Readout Experience in Aircraft Accident Investigations 1960 - 1973. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-75-01, adopted on 5/14/1975 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-252019/AS |
| Title: Turbine Engine Rotor Disk Failures. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-74-04, adopted on 12/18/1974 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB74-000000 |
| Title: Safety Aspects of Emergency Evacuations From Air Carrier Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-74-03, adopted on 11/13/1974 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-238269/AS |
| Title: Fatal, Weather Involved, General Aviation Accidents. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-74-02, adopted on 8/28/1974 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-237752/AS |
| Title: U.S. General Aviation Accidents Involving Fuel Starvation, 1970-1972. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-74-01, adopted on 4/11/1974 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-231853/AS |
| Title: Report on Approach and Landing Accident Prevention Forum, October 24-25, 1972. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-73-02, adopted on 9/19/1973 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-228144/AS |
| Title: In Flight Safety of Passengers and Flight Attendants Aboard Air Carrier Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-73-01, adopted on 3/14/1973 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-220374 |
| Title: Accidents Involving Engine Failure/ Malfunction, U.S. General Aviation, 1965 - 1969. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-10, adopted on 11/29/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-217115 |
| Title: Air Taxi Safety Study. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-09, adopted on 9/27/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-213617/4 |
| Title: General Aviation Stall/Spin Accidents, 1967 - 1969. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-08, adopted on 9/13/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-213614 |
| Title: Jet Blast Hazards. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-07, adopted on 7/6/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-211593 |
| Title: Midair Collisions in U.S. Civil Aviation 1969 - 1970. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-06, adopted on 6/7/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-211906 |
| Title: A Study of U.S. Air Carrier Accidents, 1964 - 1969. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-05, adopted on 5/10/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-211054 |
| Title: The Carriage of Radioactive Materials by Air. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-04, adopted on 4/26/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-210606 |
| Title: Emergency Landing Techniques in Small General Aviation Fixed Wing Aircraft. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-03, adopted on 4/5/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-209836 |
| Title: Passenger Survival in Turbojet Ditchings, (A Critical Case Review). |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-02, adopted on 4/5/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-210248 |
| Title: Carburetor Ice in General Aviation. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-72-01, adopted on 1/19/1972 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-208463 |
| Title: Study of Lessons to be Learned from Accidents Attributed to Turbulence. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-71-01, adopted on 12/15/1971 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-207932 |
| Title: Report of Proceedings of the NTSB into the Midair Collision Problem November 4 through 10, 1969. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-70-02, adopted on 11/12/1970 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-197968 |
| Title: Study of Air Taxi Accidents, 1964-1968, U.S. General Aviation. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-70-01, adopted on 6/1/1970 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-191955 |
| Title: A Study of Safety Considerations in the Utilization of Airspace Over and Under Federally Aided Highways. |
| NTSB Report Number: HSS- |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-190206 |
| Title: Midair Collisions in U.S. Civil Aviation, A Special Accident Prevention Study. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS- |
| NTIS Report Number: PB00-000000 |
| Title: Review of Corporate/Executive Aircraft Accidents, A Statistical Summary of a Special Seg. U.S. Gen. Aviation 64-68. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS- |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-190408 |
| Title: Aircraft Design Induced Pilot Error (ADIPE). |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 7/1/1967 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB-175629 |
| Title: History and Development of Flight Recorders. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 1/1/1966 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB66-000000 |
| Title: Jet Transport Cockpit Review. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 10/1/1964 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB64-000000 |
| Title: The Phenomenon of Aircraft Aquaplanning |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 10/1/1963 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB63-000000 |
| Title: A Study of Fatal General Aviation Accidents Involving Weather. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 7/1/1963 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB63-000000 |
| Title: Metal Fatigue and Its Recognition. |
| NTSB Report Number: AAS-, adopted on 4/1/1963 |
| NTIS Report Number: PB63-000000 |