Aviation Subject Guide

Safety and Accidents

 

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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association - Safety Topics
Created by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), this site includes short interactive guides and longer online courses and quizes on airplane safety. You can also read a number of articles from their publication "Safety Pilot".


AirSafe.com
AirSafe.com provides factual information on events that involve the deaths of airline passengers.
AirSafe.com also provides fatal event information by airline and
aircraft model, as well as information about current aviation safety
issues.



National Transportation Safety Board - Accident Database & SynopsesThe NTSB aviation accident database contains information from 1962 and later about civil aviation accidents and selected incidents within the United States, its territories and possessions, and in international waters

FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment ProgramThe FAA provides a list of countries that do not provide sufficient oversight of their airlines. It does not provide information on individual airlines.


Lessons Learned (FAA)The Federal Aviation Administration has established this library of information on some of the more significant airplane accidents.  


Department of Transportation historical aircraft accident reports 1934-1965


List of airlines banned within the EUThis lists contains airlines that are judged not safe and that are not allowed to fly to Europe.


Aviation Safety Network contains information on accidents, hijackings, system failures and other safety issues. There are links to aircraft accident reports. The home page provides current news. There is valuable information about Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) and Flight Data Recorders (FDR) and links to transcripts of these conversations.

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