Aviation Accident Investigation & System Safety

  • Aviation Accident Investigation & System Safety
  1. Why Do We Investigate Aircraft Accidents?
    First, Write a paragraph about an event during your lifetime that inspired you to think about aviation/aerospace accident investigation and analysis as a possible academic or career focus.
    Next, Research any current event (within the past 24 months) associated with an aircraft/Unmanned Aerial System incident, accident, and/or aviation safety study. Discuss the implications for industry, and/or the role of the investigative and regulatory bodies associated with these events. Be sure to differentiate the roles and responsibilities of the different agencies and apply NTSB terminology, as appropriate.
  2. Systems Safety
    Provide your response to the following: Based upon what you have read so far, the goal of systems safety is to develop a system with an acceptable level of risk. That is all well and good. However, in your opinion, what happens when we take a system, use it for a period of time, then change the parameters of how we use it, or if we modify the system with new technology?
  3. Foundational Questions
    Answer these foundational questions on systems safety.
  4. What is systems safety and why is it important to the development of a system?
  5. Why is it important to continually review and refine the system throughout its lifecycle?
  6. How does that change if the system is used beyond its designed lifecycle, as is the case with USAF aircraft such as the B-52 and the KC-135?
  7. How is MIL-STD-882 used in systems safety?