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| Title |
Aircraft
Accident Investigation for General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) |
| Description |
Designed specifically
for the CAAC, this course provided participants with
a comprehensive overview of the procedures and methods used and the
skills required to investigate an aircraft accident. Examples from
recent accident investigations were used to demonstrate particular aspects of the
investigative process. |
| Dates |
January 24 - February 2, 2005
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| Location |
NTSB Training Center • 45065 Riverside Parkway • Ashburn, Virginia
20147 |
| 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
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| Performance Results |
Upon completion of this course the participants were 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 tructural
damage that occurred as a result of the accident
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| More Information |
Email TrainingCenter@ntsb.gov or call (571)
223-3900 |