Lesson 2: Aircraft Air Crash Investigation and Application

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Lesson 1: Aircraft Air Crash Investigation and Analysis

Lesson goals

• Learn how to investigate and apply probem-solving skills during an aircraft air crash investigation.
• Apply problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the help of the official investigation procedure.
• Learn to develop investigation reports and determine probable cause
• Provide safety recommendations in the investigation reports.
• Learn about past perfect simple and continuous

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National Transportation Safety Board

The Netherlands also have its version of a NTSB

1. True
2. False

What's the name of this organization?

1. Nationale Transport Veiligheidsautoriteit (NTVA)/ National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA)
2. Veiligheidsonderzoeksraad van het Vaderland (VVRV)/ Safety Investigation Board of the Homeland (SIBH)
3. Transport Veiligheids- en Ongelukonderzoeksagentschap (TVOA)/ Transportation Security and Accident Investigation Agency (TSAIA)
4. Onderzoeksraad voor Veiligheid/The Dutch Safety Board

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How to investigate an aircraft accident

• Operations: The history of the accident flight and crewmembers' duties for as many days prior to the crash as appears relevant.
• Structures: Documentation of the airframe wreckage and the accident scene, including calculation of impact angles to help determine the airplane's pre-impact course and attitude.
• Powerplants: Examination of engines (and propellers) and engine accessories.
• Systems: Study of components of the airplane's hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic and associated systems, together with instruments and elements of the flight control system.
• Air traffic control: Reconstruction of the air traffic services provided to the pilot, including acquisition of ATC radar data and transcripts of controller-pilot radio transmissions.
• Weather: Gathering of all pertinent weather data from the National Weather Service, and sometimes from local TV stations, for a broad area around the accident scene.
• Human performance/human factors: Study of crew performance and all before-the-accident factors that might be involved in human error, including fatigue, medication, alcohol, drugs, medical histories, training, workload, equipment design, and work environment.

What are the main things to focus on when investigsting an accident?

What is the procedure when investigsting an accident?

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Air crash investigation case study

Work in groups of 3 or 4 to investigate the Air crash of Tenefire. One of the deadliest crashes in history.

Activity Summary

Students examine the contributing role of each event that led to the 1977

crash on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Group task:

1. Choose the lead investigator that will take notes and the rest of the group are researchers.

2. Follow the instructions and watch the video together to analyze the accident thoroughly to gather results. 

3. Fill in the form and the essential investigative topics. 

Case study background 

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Air crash investigation case study

Work in groups of 3 or 4 to investigate the Air crash of Tenefire. One of the deadliest crashes in history.

Activity Summary

Students examine the contributing role of each event that led to the 1977

crash on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Group task:

1. Choose the lead investigator that will take notes and the rest of the group are researchers.

2. Follow the instructions and watch the video together to analyze the accident thoroughly to gather results. 

3. Fill in the form and the essential investigative topics.