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Office of Aviation Safety
What To Do if Your Airport is
Involved in an Accident
Courtney H. Liedler
Survival Factors Investigator & Airport
Specialist
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Who is NTSB?
• 5 Board Memers• Independent
• !etermine proale cause and
ma"e recommendations to improvesa#ety
• Aout $% 'mployees
• All modes
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NTSB Offices
•Head(uarters ) *as+ington, !C
• -egional ##ices /
/ 'astern -egion
• As+urn, 0A1 Atlanta, 2A1 Miami, FL / Central -egion
• C+icago, IL1 !enver, C1 Arlington, 34
/ *estern -egion• Seattle, *A1 2ardena, CA
/ Alas"a -egion
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Safety Board Responsibilities
• Conducts investigations• !etermines proale6 cause
• 7ulis+es accident8incident reports
• Conducts special studies
• Issues recommendations
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What is an Accident?
• 93SB !e#inition: “An occurrenceassociated with the operation of anaircraft that takes place between the
time any person boards the aircraft with
the intention of flight and all such
persons have disembarked, and in which
any person suffers death or serious
injury, or in which the aircraft receivessubstantial damage.”
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OnScene Responsibilities! Before the
NTSB Arrives
• -estrict Access only to Aut+ori;ed7ersonnel aminer, etc.?
• -ecord =+o enters accident scene
• 7rotect =rec"age and ground scars #romdisturance
• tain *itness Statements
• !ocument t+e =rec"age@ 7ictures,7ictures, 7ictures@!id I mention7ictures
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• 93SB assumes control o# accidentsite and =rec"age.
/ Limit access to scene only to t+ose
=it+ 93SB 7ermission / Coordinate removal o# #atalities =it+
93SB
/ All media (uestions s+ould e re#erredto t+e 93SB 7ulic A##airs
representative
OnScene Responsibilities! After the
NTSB Arrives
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What is a "roup?
• 'ac+ group is #ormed =it+ suect matter
e>perts in a particular concentration,
suc+ as Airport8'mergency -esponse
• 3+ese e>perts are called upon to assist
in t+e investigation
• 'ac+ group is #ormed a#ter t+e 93SB
arrives on)scene, during a #ormal
meeting +eld y t+e Investigator)in)
C+arge
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• perations
• Air tra##ic control
• *eat+er
• 0e+icle per#ormance
• Human per#ormance
• Structures
• Systems
• Coc"pit voicerecorder
• Flig+t data recorder
• 7o=erplants
• Survival factors,airport andemergencyresponse
Survival #actors is One of $any "roups
#or%ed Durin& an Investi&ation
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Survival #actors "roup Responsibilities
• !ocument damage to cain, #loor, seats and
restraints, e>its, escape slides, over+eadcompartments, galleys, #lotation e(uipment
• Intervie= passengers, #lig+t survivors, and=itnesses
• tain medical records and autopsy reports todocument inuries
• -evie= #lig+t attendant training and procedures
•ocument Airport and !mergency "esponse
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Who 'articipates (ith Survival #actors)
• FAA
• Air#rame Manu#acturers
• Airlines• '(uipment Manu#acturers
• Cre=memer Associations
• Airports
• A"##
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Airport*+%er&ency Response
"roup To be or not to be,• May not e part o# 2roup, only as"ed to
provide in#ormation and8or e
intervie=ed on response
• May e a 2roup Memer / n smaller accidents, you may e part o#
t+e Survival Factors 2roup
/ n larger accidents, a separate Airport8'mergency -esponse 2roup could
e #ormed to support t+e investigation
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-riteria for Acceptance on
Airport*+%er&ency Response
"roup• Memers MS3 +ave e>pertise or "no=ledge in
Airports8A-FF or Searc+ and -escue.
• Memers MS3 plan to stay on scene #or t+e entiretime t+at t+e group is assemled.
• Memers MS3 participate in =riting t+e #ield notes
and signing o## on t+em.
• Memers MS3 con#ine all o# t+eir investigative
activities to t+e survival #actors group.
• Memers MS3 devote t+eir time to t+e needs o# t+e
group / not t+eir employer.
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"roup ActivitiesAirport*+%er&ency Response Investi&ation
• 2eneral airport in#ormation
• CF- 7art DE Certi#ication In#o
• 'mergency response
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"roup Activities .continued/Airport*+%er&ency Response Investi&ation
• !ocument 2eneral Airport In#o
/ Field elevation, numer o# run=ays,run=ay composition, airport con#iguration
/ Air#ield lig+ting / run=ay ta>i=ay,centerline, approac+ systems, etc.
/ 2uidance signs
/ Air#ield Mar"ing / 9avigational aids
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"roup Activities .continued/Airport*+%er&ency Response Investi&ation
• !ocument 2eneral Airport
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"roup Activities .continued/Airport*+%er&ency Response Investi&ation
• !ocument C-F 7art DE Certi#ication
/ FAA 7art DE compliance / Inspection +istory
/ Airport certi#ication manual / !aily sel#)inspection reports / Airport Speci#ic 7lans: Sno= and Ice
-emoval, Construction Management, *ildli#eManagement
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"roup Activities .continued/Airport*+%er&ency Response Investi&ation
• !ocument'mergency -esponse
/ Airport emergency
plan
/ Aircra#t rescue and
#ire#ig+ting
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Why be part of the investi&ation?
• Find out aout operational or sa#etyde#iciencies
• pportunity to ma"e sa#ety)related
c+anges in most timely #as+ion• Allo=s corrections to e included in t+e
#inal 93SB report
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0et NTSB1s Wor2 3elp
• By "eeping your #inger on t+e pulse o#
accident #indings and recommendations
/ Continually reassessing your airportGs
plans, procedures, training and
manuals
• Continually as" =+at can e done to
ma"e my airport sa#erG
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damage =+en it veered o## t+e le#t side o# run=ay DL
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$il(au2ee "eneral $itchell Int1l Airport
• Airport Issues:
/ Compliance =it+ Sno= and Ice Control 7lan
• 7rocedures #or run=ay closures
• 7rocedures #or #ield inspections and #rictionmeasuring during sno= events
• Coordination et=een Airport perations
and Air 3ra##ic during sno= removal
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Su%%ary
• our participation in investigations is
o#ten desired and al=ays ene#icial.
• 9e= sa#ety c+allenges presented y
eac+ accident.• Airport sa#ety can al=ays e
improved.
• Sitting idle is letting sa#ety pass youy, let 93SBs =or" +elp you to
improve sa#ety.
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Where to #ind $ore Infor%ation
•===.nts.gov / Accident -eports
/ -ecommendations
/ Sa#ety Studies
• courtney.liedlerNnts.gov
http://www.ntsb.gov/http://www.ntsb.gov/
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