Title

Survival Factors in Aviation Accidents

Description

This intensive, hands-on, five-day course covers a wide range of aircraft occupant survivability issues, including case studies highlighting key components of accident survivability, cabin safety and emergency equipment. The material will be presented in seminar and workshop format by staff from NTSB, NASA-Langley Research Center, and the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute.

ID Code

AS302

Dates, Tuition and Processing Fee

November 1 – November 4, 2010
$1,029 for all applications with payment received by October 1, 2010
$1,132 for all applications with payment received October 2 – October 21
$1,182 for all applications with payment received between October 22 and 12:00 pm (noon) ET on October 31
$50 processing fee will be added to tuitions for all offline applications.  All payments must be received by October 31 or admission will be denied.

Times

8:30 am - 5:00 pm (Day 1-3)
8:30 am - 5:30 pm (Day 4)

Location

NTSB Training Center • 45065 Riverside Parkway • Ashburn, Virginia 20147

Status

OPEN.  Applications are now being accepted.

Apply to Attend

Scheduled for March 2011

CEUs

3.1

Overview

• Introduction to crashworthiness
• Flight attendant emergency procedures and training
• Documentation of injuries and fatalities
• Documentation of emergency equipment such as evacuation slides, emergency exits and emergency lights
• Airport emergency response plans
• Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)
• Search and rescue equipment and procedures
• Discussion of advances in safety resources and investigative methods derived from accident case studies
• Workshop: Wreckage documentation exercise on BAE Jetstream 41
• Workshop: Lab exercise to document seats and restraint systems
• Workshop: Survival Factors interview techniques

    Video of a slide-raft inflation and images of class exercises  

Performance Results

Upon completion of this course the participant will be able to:

• Discuss factors affecting occupant survivability
• Effectively represent an organization as a member of an NTSB Survival Factors Group
• Describe the importance of flight attendant emergency procedures training and airport emergency response plans
• Document survival factors data in an aviation accident or incident
• Conduct interviews of accident survivors in a sensitive and thorough manner
• Acquire updated information on NASA and FAA crashworthiness programs

Comments from course participants

Q & A

The course designer, NTSB Aviation Survival Factors Chief Nora Marshall, talks about:

• The public perception of aircraft accident survivability
• How interviews of survivors contribute to an investigation
• The use of cell phone cameras by passengers and crew
• What types of information is crucial to a thorough Survival Factors investigation

Q & A with Nora Marshall (PDF)

Equipment

Participants must provide their own digital camera for use in several documentation exercises.

Who May Attend

• NTSB & FAA Investigators
• Foreign aviation investigation agencies
• Airline safety and operations personnel
• Agencies operating public-use aircraft
• Aircraft & aviation equipment manufacturers
• Members of the academic community attending for research purposes (on a space-available basis)

Accommodations

Area hotels and restaurants

Airports

Washington Dulles International (IAD): 10 miles
Washington Ronald Reagan National (DCA): 30 miles
Baltimore/Washington International (BWI): 60 miles

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