Week 3 Reading Resources
Wreckage Distribution
ICAO Manual of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Part III (PDF)/skybrary.aero
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read:
Chapter 2: Wreckage Investigation and
Chapter 8: Reconstruction of Wreckage
Wreckage Mapping and Photographic Technologies
A New Capability for Crash Site Documentation (PDF)/icao.int(Links to an external site.)
Using a Drone and Photogrammetry Software to Create Orthomosaic Images and 3D Models of Aircraft Accident Sites (PDF)/icao.int(Links to an external site.)
Review the following industry database resources to expand your understanding of the topics explored in this module and for the purposes of safety data analysis:
NASA ASRS Resource Page/NASA.gov(Links to an external site.)
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Briefing (PDF)
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Download NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Briefing (PDF)
FAA Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS)/FAA.gov(Links to an external site.)
Note: Select Data & Information dropdown menu to access multiple databases.
Fact Sheet – Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing Program/FAA.gov(Links to an external site.)
NTSB Aviation Accident Database & Synopses/NTSB.gov
Aircraft Recorders
Cockpit Voice Recorder Handbook for Aviation Accident Investigations (PDF)
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Download Cockpit Voice Recorder Handbook for Aviation Accident Investigations (PDF)
Flight Data Recorder Handbook for Aviation Accident Investigations (PDF)
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Download Flight Data Recorder Handbook for Aviation Accident Investigations (PDF)
NTSB Safety Recommendation Report Extended Duration Cockpit Voice Recorders (PDF)
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Download NTSB Safety Recommendation Report Extended Duration Cockpit Voice Recorders (PDF)
ICAO Manual of Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Part III: Chapter 7 (PDF)/skybrary.aero(Links to an external site.)
Witness Interview Guidelines and Research
NTSB Witness Interviews Guidelines (DOCX)
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Download NTSB Witness Interviews Guidelines (DOCX)
Reliability of Eyewitness Reports to a Major Aviation Accident (PDF)/ERAU.edu(Links to an external site.)
Air Traffic Control Recording: United Airlines Flight 93 (PDF)/NTSB.gov(Links to an external site.)
Tour of NTSB flight-data and cockpit-voice recorder laboratories/YouTube (49:55)