NASA Aviation Safety Program elements encompass a wide range of products that require both public and private investment. Therefore, two methods of analysis, one relating to the public and the other to the private industry, must be combined to understand and evaluate the program elements. Standard benefit analysis is limited in its application to research and development programs where priv...

This paper examines the main causes and types of accidents that occur in aviation and shows what can, and is being, done to prevent them. It gives estimates of the effect on the overall accident rate if each of the various causes could be eliminated in order to show to what extent the U.S. national goal can be met.

The general aviation community is undergoing rapid change as new aircraft, avionics, and other flight technologies are introduced and as new forms of aircraft ownership proliferate. At the same time, the air traffic system and airspace are becoming more complex and general aviation is increasingly becoming a transportation option for air travelers. The system safety model governing gener...

Following the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) investigation of a Boeing B-727 accident in December 1974, it recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) establish an incident reporting system to identify unsafe operating conditions. In April 1975, the FAA responded by establishing the Aviation Safety Reporting Program (ASRP) which led to the present day Aviatio...