Human Factors, Maintenance Matters, News
Organizational factors, not an individual mechanic’s actions, are typically to blame for departures from standard procedures, an FAA report says.
A failure to follow procedures (FFP) plays a part in up to 87 percent of safety events in aviation maintenance, with that number likely to be reduced only through a systematic approach that addresses contributing factors at all levels of a maintenance organization, according to a report by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).1
A study links flawed decision-making to more than half of all U.S. fatal crashes involving…
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Accident Investigation, Maintenance Matters, News
A missing lock ring allowed a clamp nut to unthread, resulting in the fatal crash…
