OIG Investigation - Alleged Cover-up of Operational Errors at DFW TRACON

This presents the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General's investigative findings and recommendations stemming from whistleblower allegations that management officials at the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility "covered-up" air traffic controller operational errors and deviations by: (a) misclassifying them as pilot deviations or "non-events," and (b) failing to investigate and/or report suspected operational errors and deviations. The whistleblowers also expressed concern that DFW TRACON management's misclassification of operational errors/deviations may reflect an FAA-wide effort to keep the number of operational errors/deviations artificially low.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/dot/files/pdfdocs/OIG_Report-April_2008.pdf
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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: 2008-4-18

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 23p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic controllers; Aviation safety; Human error
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Operational errors; Reporting; Terminal radar approach control (TRACON)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01115456
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CC-2007-083
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 25 2008 7:33AM