Flightfax: Army Aviation Risk-Management Information. Volume 31, Number 12, December 2003

Abstract

This issue of Flightfax contains the following contributions: DASAF's Corner -- Safety Success in Korea: Leadership in Action reviews the aviation safety strategies in place in Korea that keep the accident rate there lower than in the Army at large; FY03 Aviation Safety Performance Review provides accident statistics for four helicopters and fixed wing aircraft; STACOMs are Back! provides trend information for the standardization of aircrew training programs that has accumulated over the last 12 months; Dust Takeoffs and Landings in the UH-60 takes a look at the different approaches training manuals advocate for takeoffs and landings in snow, sand, and dust; NCO Corner -- Wrong Part, No Book gives a first-person account of a Chinook crew member's experience using The Book when his engine was changed from an L-7 to an L-11; Investigators' Forum -- What We Do...Insight from an Aviation Accident Investigator provides major lessons learned from an accident investigator; and War Stories -- The Need to Know describes a flight student's near-mishap when executing a stall on a solo flight. This issue also contains the 2003 Flightfax Index and Accident Briefs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419771

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aviation
  • Auxiliary Power Units
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Electronic Mail
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight Crews
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Personnel Management
  • Risk
  • Risk Management

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Educational Psychology