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Aircraft Accidents and
NASA's Aviation Safety Program Worksheet

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Identify the factors given in the report as the cause(s) of the accident. (Please note that the format lists the date followed by the month and then the year.)

Date: 13/01/82 in Washington, D.C.

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Date: 23/01/82 in Boston, Massachusetts

Factors:

 

 

Date: 17/02/91 in Cleveland, Ohio

Factors:

 

 

Date: 22/03/92 in Flushing, New York

Factors:

 

 

Date: 11/05/96 in Miami, Florida

Factors:

 

 

Date: 17/07/96 in New York City, New York

Factors:

 

 

1. What measures would you suggest to prevent similar accidents from occurring in the future?

    

    

2. Create a chart showing the total number of fatalities for each of the following decades: 1920's,1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's.

   Decade	Total Number of Fatalities
   1920-29
   1930-39
   1940-49
   1950-59
   1960-69
   1970-79
   1980-89
   1990-present

3. Next plot a graph of the total number of fatalities in each of the decades.

    

    

4. What trends do you observe from your graph?

    

    

5. What do you think are the reasons for the trends?

    

    

6. Provide a brief summary of NASA's aviation safety program.

    

    

7. Integrated Intelligent Flight Deck Summary:

    

    

8. Integrated Vehicle Health Management Summary:

    

    

9. Integrated Resillient Aircraft Control Summary:

    

    

10. Aircraft Aging and Durability Summary:

     

     

11. Evaluate the measures that NASA and the FAA are implementing to improve aviation safety.