Air Charter Safety Symposium

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Air Charter Safety Symposium Developing a
Healthy Safety Culture Presented by Pete
Devaris Federal Aviation Administration Office
of Accident Investigation Safety Analysis
Branch
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Accidents Fatal Accidents On-Demand Part 135
Operators, 1983-2007
Total Accidents
Fatal Accidents
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Accidents by Helicopter Fixed-Wing On-Demand
Part 135 Operators, 1983-2007
Fixed-Wing
Helicopter
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Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part 135
Operators, 1983-2007
Traditional Passenger
Cargo
All Other
Traditional Passenger Ops
Other
Other includes air tours, Medevac, Off-Shore
Energy Industry, etc.
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Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part 135
Operators, 1983-2007
Traditional Passenger
Cargo
All Other
Traditional Passenger Ops
Other
Other includes air tours, Medevac, Off-Shore
Energy Industry, etc.
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Cargo
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Cargo
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Cargo
Other
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 1983-2007
Cargo
Other
Traditional Passenger
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Fatal Accidents Trends by Type of
Mission On-Demand Part 135 Operators, 1983-2007
Cargo
Other
Traditional Passenger
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Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part 135
Operators, 2003-2007
All Other
Other
Cargo
Traditional Passenger
Traditional Passenger Ops
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Fatal Accidents by Type of Mission On-Demand Part
135 Operators, 2003-2007
Other
Cargo
Traditional Passenger
Traditional Passenger
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Accidents Fatal Accidents by Mission, On-Demand
135, CY 2003-2007
All Accidents
Fatal Accidents
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Accidents Fatal Accidents, Other Missions,
On-Demand 135, CY 2003-2007
All Accidents
Fatal Accidents
Miscellaneous includes some Part 135 pipeline
observation, 135 traffic reporting, 135 news
operations, etc.
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Accidents By Power PlantOn-Demand 135, CY
2003-2007
Single-Recip Helicopter
Single-Turbine Helicopter
Twin-Turbine Helicopter (Off-shore Energy)
Single-Turboprop
Twin Turboprop
Twin-Recip Airplane
Single-Recip Airplane
Turbofan/Jet
Miscellaneous includes some Part 135 pipeline
observation, 135 traffic reporting, 135 news
operations, etc.
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Accident Fatal Accident Rates by Power Plant
On-Demand 135, CY 2004-2007 (4 Years)(Per
100,000 Flight Hours)
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Alaska as Percentage of Accidents, On-Demand
135Past 5 Years Versus Preceding Decades
Total
Total
Total
Fatal
Fatal
Fatal
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Accident Types, On-Demand 135CY 2003-2007
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Accidents Fatal Accidents by Accident Types,
On-Demand 135, CY 2003-2007
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2/2/05 Platinum Jet at Teterboro. Near max
weight C-G substantially forward (no weight
balance), inadequate trim. Could not rotate on
6,000-foot runway. Overran at 160 knots, through
turf fence, across major road into building.
All 15 occupants survived 13 serious. Untrained
flight hostess did not know how to open the
door, then left the scene.
Part 135 operator (Darby) contracted flight to
Platinum (non-135 operator) under a certificate
management agreement. Darby exercised no
operational control and neither company followed
rigorous procedures.
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Pinnacle Airlines Part 91 positioning flight,
10/14/04. Two pilots new to RJ lost control at
41,000. When ATC asked about FL410, crew said we
decided to have a little fun and come on up
here. Then reported 1 engine out asked for
nearest airport. At 13,000 reported second engine
out. (In fact both failed at FL410) remained in
vertical speed mode mishandled re-start.
Issues professionalism crew pairing training
poor understanding of RJ service ceiling .