NARAST MEETINGNARAST MEETING

FLIGHT DATA ANALYSISFLIGHT DATA ANALYSIS

Kunming, ChinaKunming, China

14 – 16 April 200414 – 16 April 2004

OPS/AIR-2004

Flight data recordersFlight data recorders

• Required by Annex 6Required by Annex 6

• 6.3.3    Flight data recorders — aeroplanes for which the individual certificate of airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 January 1989

• 6.3.3.1    All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 27 000 kg shall be equipped with a Type I FDR.

• 6.3.3.2    All aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass of over 5 700 kg, up to and including 27 000 kg, shall be equipped with a Type II FDR.

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Flight data recordersFlight data recorders

Addressed in Annex 13Addressed in Annex 13

• 5.7    Effective use shall be made of flight

recorders in the investigation of an

accident or an incident. The State

conducting the investigation shall

arrange for the read-out of the flight

recorders without delay.

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Flight data analysis

• Requirement

• Annex 6, Part I

• Amendment 26

• Adopted 9 March 2001

• Effective16 July 2001

• Applicable 1 November 2001

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Annex 6, Part IAnnex 6, Part I

• 3.2.1    An operator shall establish and maintain an accident prevention and flight safety programme.

• 3.2.2    Recommendation.— From 1 January 2002, an operator of an aeroplane of a certificated take‑off mass in excess of 20 000 kg should establish and maintain a flight data analysis programme as part of its accident prevention and flight safety programme.

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Annex 6, Part IAnnex 6, Part I

• 3.2.3    From 1 January 2005, an operator of an aeroplane of a maximum certificated take‑off mass in excess of 27 000 kg shall establish and maintain a flight data analysis programme as part of its accident prevention and flight safety programme.

• 3.2.4    A flight data analysis programme shall be non-punitive and contain adequate safeguards to protect the source(s) of the data.

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Reasons

• Accident prevention

• Lessons learned from accidents reports

• Prevented recurrence

• Interventions before accidents

• Identify trends

• Implement safety measures before accidents happen

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InformationInformation

• Flight Data Recorders (FDR)Flight Data Recorders (FDR)

• Engine parametersEngine parameters

• Aircraft configurationAircraft configuration

• Flight profileFlight profile

• Control inputsControl inputs

• Etc…Etc…

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Use of informationUse of information

• Accident investigationsAccident investigations

• Maintenance purposesMaintenance purposes

• Operational safetyOperational safety

• Some operators have been doing it Some operators have been doing it for yearsfor years

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Results obtainedResults obtained

• Improved operating proceduresImproved operating procedures

• Improved trainingImproved training

• Fuel economyFuel economy

• Reduced maintenance costsReduced maintenance costs

• Better understanding of difficultiesBetter understanding of difficulties

• Safer operationsSafer operations

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ChallengesChallenges

• Legal challengesLegal challenges

• judicial environmentjudicial environment

• Crew confidenceCrew confidence

• Support of flight crews Support of flight crews

• Protection of sources Protection of sources

• De-identify dataDe-identify data

• CAA/operator partnershipCAA/operator partnership

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Technical challengesTechnical challenges

• Selection of dataSelection of data

• Determine normalityDetermine normality

• Define exceedanceDefine exceedance

• Analysis of dataAnalysis of data

• What to do with resultsWhat to do with results

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Kunming, ChinaKunming, China

14 – 16 April 200414 – 16 April 2004