Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-35 |
Implement ways to provide effective terrain awareness and warning system (TAWS) protections while mitigating nuisance alerts for single-engine airplanes operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 that frequently operate at altitudes below their respective TAWS class design alerting threshold. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-36 |
Discuss at the next Ketchikan Air Safety meeting database and software considerations for legacy Chelton systems and encourage operators to use the most current terrain database and electronic flight instrument system software. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-37 |
Work with members of the Ketchikan air tour industry to improve existing training programs aimed at reducing the risk of weather-related accidents involving continuation of flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, with special attention paid to the human factors issues identified in this investigation, including (1) the need to help pilots better calibrate what constitutes safe weather conditions to conduct flights based on objective standards and requirements, such as set criteria for what landmarks must be clearly visible from which locations in order to proceed on a particular route; (2) the need to help pilots who are new to the area recognize dynamic local weather patterns that can place them in a dangerous situation; and (3) operational influences on pilot decision-making. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-38 |
Expand the application of Federal Aviation Administration Order 8900.1, Volume 3, Chapter 19, Section 6, "Safety Assurance System: Flight Training Curriculum Segments," paragraphs 3-1251(B) and 3-1252, which address controlled-flight-into-terrain-avoidance training programs for 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 helicopter operations, to all 14 CFR Part 135 operations. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-39 |
Establish minimum initial and recurrent training requirements for personnel authorized to exercise operational control, including, but not limited to, approved subject knowledge areas, training hours, subject hours, and qualification modules. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-40 |
Publish an advisory circular that provides guidance on operational control best practices, including but not limited to such areas as risk mitigation strategies, joint flight safety responsibilities, prior experience of operational control personnel, and operational control personnel duty time limitations. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-41 |
Revise Federal Aviation Administration Order 8900.1 to include guidance for inspector oversight of operational control training program subject areas, including, but not limited to, the criteria for a qualification module. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-42 |
Analyze automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast data from Ketchikan air tour operations on an ongoing basis and meet annually with Ketchikan air tour operators to engage in a nonpunitive discussion of any operational hazards reflected in the data and collaborate on mitigation strategies for any hazards identified. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: FAA | A-17-43 |
Develop and implement special operating rules for the Ketchikan air tour industry that include en route visual flight rules weather minimums that are tailored to the industry\'s unique requirements and are more conservative than those specified in 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. (Open - Initial Response Received) |
Issued: 09-MAY-2017 | To: Cruise Lines International Association | A-17-44 |
Encourage your members that sell air tours as shore excursions to review the circumstances of this accident and to consider ways to mitigate associated risks. (Open - Initial Response Received) |