FAA’S Safety Analysis and Sharing System Shows Progress, But More Advanced Capabilities and Inspector Access Remain Limited
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been moving toward a data-driven approach for airline safety oversight for a number of years. As part of this initiative, in 2007, FAA implemented the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system, which collects and analyzes data from multiple databases to proactively identify and address risks that may lead to accidents. ASIAS enables authorized users to obtain data from confidential databases—including airline voluntary safety reporting programs—as well as publicly available data sources. After the 2009 Colgan Air accident, Congress passed the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010, which directed the Office of the Inspector General to assess FAA’s ability to establish a comprehensive information repository that can accommodate multiple data sources and be accessible to FAA safety inspectors and analysts who oversee air carriers. Accordingly, the audit objectives were to assess FAA’s (1) progress in implementing ASIAS and (2) access to and use of ASIAS data by FAA inspectors to assist in commercial air carrier safety oversight.
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Corporate Authors:
Department of Transportation
Office of Inspector General, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 2013-12-18
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 28p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Data collection; Data sharing; Implementation; Information dissemination; Inspectors; Risk management
- Identifier Terms: Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS); U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01505691
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: AV-2014-017
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Jan 27 2014 11:27AM