AVIATION SAFETY: FAA AND DOD DOD RESPONSE TO SIMILAR SAFETY CONCERNS

Safety of aircraft is a paramount concern in both civilian and military aviation because safety deficiencies can cost lives and equipment and affect mission accomplishment. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the military services often face common safety issues as the oversee the operation of similar aircraft or even dissimilar aircraft that use common parts and materials. The preliminary work, however, showed that in some cases FAA and the military services have taken different actions to address similar aviation safety concerns. To shed more light in this area, a case study approach supplemented by a review of FAA's and DOD's aviation safety oversight processes was used and related interdepartmental communication efforts to examine different responses by FAA and DOD/military services to similar aviation safety concerns and assess information about similar aviation safety concerns.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0277.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/18000/18700/18782/PB2002101985.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 2002-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 78 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Civil aviation; Military aviation; Safety management; Safety programs
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00921344
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GAO-02-77
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 2002 12:00AM