Assignment about us flight air crash 427
Aircraft systems
According to the Air Transport Association,apersoncouldflyeverydayfor3,859yearswithout
being involved in an air craft accident.That’sanaccidentrateofoneaccidentforevery1.4
millionflightsbasedon2009data.
Air travel today remains safe,thanksinparttoaccidentinvestigation.Findingsfromaccident
investigatorspavethewayforchangestobemadeinaviation,suchaschangestopilotduty,
Maintenancerequirementsandprioritiesetc…Thesechangesareimprovingtechnology,
preventingaccidentsandsavinglives.
Inlightofcommercialaircraftaccidentsandincidents,lotsofimprovementstoaircraftsystem
technologyhavebeenmade.Theseimprovementshaveplayedasignificantroleinreducing
andmaintainingtheaircraftincident/accidentratesglobally.Inthisassignmentyouare
requestedtomakeafullstudyofatleast1aircraftaccidentduetosystemfailure.Your
assignmentwillbedividedintwomainaspects:theMechanical/Theoreticalaspectandthe
actualinvestigation.
1)Describetheaccidentinfulldetail
- Summarize/Highlightthemajorpointsoftheaccidentreports.
- Stateclearlytheaccidentfindinginthereports.
- Brieflyoutlinethereportstructureofanaccidentinvestigation.
- Evaluatetherecommendationsraisedwiththeexistingregulationgoverningthe
operation.
References:
2)Explainhowthesystemshouldhaveworkedinnormalsituations
- Discussindetailsthestructureofthesystem(s).
- Evaluatethesystemoperation.
3)Explainthereasonwhichledtothisfailure
- Identifythecomponent(s)whichleadtothisfailure.
- Analysetheeffectofthefailedcomponentontherestofthesystem.
- Evaluatetheeffectofthefailedsystemontheperformanceoftheaircraft.
4)ConclusionandRecommendation
- Improvingthesystemoperation.
- Reducingtheincident/accidentrate.
- FlightAirAccidentInvestigationbyDavidOwen.
- AirDisaster(Vol.1,2,3,4)byMacArthur.
- WorldDirectoryofAirlineCrashes:AComprehensiveRecordofMoreThan10,000PassengerAircraft
AccidentsbyTerryDenham.
