Title

Aircraft Accident Investigation

Description

This course provides participants with a comprehensive overview of the procedures and methods used and the skills required to investigate an aircraft accident. Examples from recent NTSB investigations will be used to demonstrate particular aspects of the investigative process.

ID Code

AS101

Dates and Tuition

March 29 – April 9, 2010
$3,600 for all applications with payment received by March 1, 2010
$3,960 for all applications with payment received March 2- March 31, 2010
$4,010 for all applications with payment received between April 1 and 12:00 pm (noon) ET on April 8.
$50 processing fee will be added to tuitions for all offline applications.  All payments must be received by April 8 or admission will be denied.
September 13-24, 2010
$3,600 for all applications with payment received no later than August 13, 2010
$3,960 for all applications with payment received August 14 - September 7, 2010
$4,010 for all applications with payment received between September 8 and 12:00 pm (noon) ET on September 12.
$50 processing fee will be added to tuitions for all offline applications.  All payments must be received by September 12 or admission will be denied.

Times

9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Location

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

Status

OPEN.  Applications are now being accepted.

Apply to Attend

• March 29-April 9, 2010
• September 13-24, 2010

CEUs

6.5

Overview

• Site documentation and management
• Operational and mechanical aspects of aircraft performance
• Turbine and reciprocating engines
• Fire and explosions
• Fracture recognition
• Weather
• Radar analysis
• NTSB "party" process
• Progress meetings
• Survival factors
• Human performance
• Survivor interviews and witness reports
• Working with local area responders
• Safety recommendations
• Case studies include midair collisions, in-flight fires, in-flight breakups and weather-related accidents
• TWA flight 800 tutorial, examination of the reconstruction of the aircraft wreckage, and a discussion on how the NTSB undertakes major accident investigations

Performance Results

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

• Discuss the entire process, from when the NTSB receives the initial notification that an accident has occurred through the issuance of the final report and determination of the accident’s probable cause
• Define the five major aspects of site management at an accident scene
• Identify how safety recommendations – the primary accomplishments of an accident investigation – are developed and issued
• Identify what questions to ask accident witnesses to elicit the most accurate information
• Distinguish the difference between structural failures that may have caused the accident and structural damage that occurred as a result of the accident
• Confidently interact with the media at the accident site and during the on-going investigation

Comments from course participants

Who May Attend

• Investigators from the NTSB and other accident investigation authorities/commissions worldwide
• Potential participants in an NTSB investigation: Investigative and safety personnel employed by airframe, engine or component manufacturers, airlines, civilian and military agencies, and related labor unions
• 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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