Applying Lessons Learned from Accidents, Public Version

Applying Lessons Learned From Accidents (Part 1)
Applying Lessons Learned From Accidents (Part 2)

These are non-credit versions of the self-paced, on-line courses used by Aircraft Certification Service (AIR). Each of the two courses summarizes ten significant historical accidents and explains the major “mistakes” that led to each accident. From this knowledge, the courses explain lessons that can be applied in the future to prevent a similar accident from occurring, and how the lessons learned from any one accident should direct future activities. Course material covers:

• Basic safety assumptions that were made in designing, manufacturing, operating, and maintaining each affected airplane model.
• Unsafe conditions that contributed to each accident.
• Precursor events, if any, that could have indicated the problem in time to prevent each accident.
• The development of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) in effect at the time of the certification of each accident airplane.
• Changes to regulations (if any) following the accident, as well as any resulting airworthiness directives (ADs) or subsequent government and/or industry actions.

Please note that the courses can be taken in any order, and that completing Part 1 is not a prerequisite to taking Part 2. Both courses are web-based and self-paced, and may be taken in their entirety, or may be browsed for items of interest.