US AIR CRASH 427 INVESTIGATION

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.
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• AirDisaster(Vol.1,2,3,4)byMacArthur.
• WorldDirectoryofAirlineCrashes:AComprehensiveRecordofMoreThan10,000PassengerAircraft

AccidentsbyTerryDenham.