5th Flight Safety Seminar for CAAs and Operators

The application of FOQA in China

ZENG MINGDeputy Director, General Aviation Division, Flight Standard Department, CAAC

Main challenges

Continuous Rapid Growth

Airline Operators

Total turnover of

transportation

A/C NO

Pilots

Limited Management

Resources

Inspectors

Safety Information

Tools

Roadmap1993

• Start basic research

1997

• Launch QAR Project

• On Sept.17, CAAC issued the AC on Quick Access Recorder Installation

2000

• On Dec.15, CAAC issued Regulations on Flight Operation Quality Assurance

Management

2007

• On Mar.19, CAAC issued Aviation Safety Guidance – guidance about implementing

“Flight Quality Supervision Criteria of Boeing and Airbus aircraft”

2010

• On Jan.4, CAAC issued China’s civil aviation regulation Approval Rules on Operation

Qualification of Large Aircraft Public Air Transport Carrier (CCAR-121-R4)

2012

• On Feb.15, CAAC issued Implementation and Management of Flight Operation

Quality Assurance (FOQA) advisory circular（AC）

2013• On Dec.26, CAAC approved the Project of CAAC FOQA Station

Flight Quality Monitoring Policy

CCAR-121R5《Certification Rules for Air Carriers with Large aircraft conducting common carriage operations 》121.352“Quick Access Recorder or Equivalent equipment” (d) ：Flight Quality Monitoring procedure should be non-punitive and have proper measurement for data protection.

Flight Quality Monitoring Policy

• No proof to limit

• No punishment information resource

Non-punitive

•more valuable

• root cause identified

• specific measures developed

Definition of FOQA

FOQA AC

FOQA AC

Implementation Phase

Data Security Protection

Information Sharing

Monitor Rate Requirement

100% VS 85%

Review of Flight Quality Monitoring

• Regulation and rules are continuously issued.

• FDM is gradually improved in AL.

• FDM analysis professionals are developed.

• QAR equipment on board and ground analysis system are improved.

New challenges

Authorities

Inadequate usage of data

Delay of data collecting

No safety trend analysis based on

industrial data

Airlines

Data sharing platform

Collaborative risk identify process

The Project of

CAAC FOQA Station

Mobile

Provider I N T E R N E T

AGS AirFASE FDMs

FOQA

Application

Server

Data Server

Government

Portal

WQAR

Working Group

Main Functions of CAAC FOQA Station

Investigation

Quick Search

Special Analysis

3D Simulation

FOQA

Event Definition

Logic Set

Tread Statistics

Information publication

ROM

Parameter Extract

Parameter numerical distribution

Abnormal Detection

Parameter Application

FOQA Station Progress

• 6.5 Million USD Investment

• 3 years : 2014-2016

• QAR data collected from：51 Airlines

• Cover all major type rating

FOQA Station Progress

•2900 A/C under monitor per day randomly = 88%（WQAR = 90%）

•A/C under monitor: 97%

•15,000 flights per day under monitor

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数据应用分析

FOQA Trend Statistics

Total No. of Class 3 Event

Ratio of Class 3 Event

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Statistic Content Flight No.

Event No.

Event Ratio

Dimensions

Time

A/C Type

Route

Airport

Event

Event Class

Flight Phase …

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数据应用分析

ROM（Routine Operational Measurement）Collect specific parameter data in the specific time and conditions

Data analysis （Min, Max, Aver, Cluster analysis）

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Information Publication

１. Report

（１）Regular Report : weekly, monthly, yearly

（２）Warning Report: published as necessary

2. Website

（１）Integrated into CAAC Safety Website

（２）Real time date browse and analysis

Future Plan+investment: 6.5 million USD

Server capacity &

speed +

Extra data integrated

Data cleaning

capability +

Analysis platform with flexibility and applicability

Warning system

CAAC

Flight Standard Department

Thank You