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A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) study of 55 human-factor aviation accidents from 1978 to 1999 concluded that number accidents increased proportionally to the amount of time the captain had been on duty. [7] The accident proportion relative to exposure proportion rose from 0.79 (1–3 hours on duty) to 5.62 ( more than 13 hours on duty).
The Federal Aviation Administration sent an inspector to Yuma. The National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigation into the incident. [24] [12] Inspection of the 5 feet (1.5 m) long tear revealed evidence of pre-existing fatigue. The tear was along a lap joint.
AIA Flight 808 was the first aviation accident where pilot fatigue was cited as a probable cause. [4] The NTSB issued a recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration to review and update regulations on crew scheduling and duty time limits to incorporate the latest research into the effects of fatigue. [1]
List of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failure; Date Accident/incident Location Aircraft Cause Fatalities Notes 1913-08-07 Death of S F Cody: UK Cody Floatplane "inherent structural weakness" 2 Broke up 1919-08-02 Airliner crash at Verona: Italy Caproni Ca.48: Wing flutter followed by wing collapse 14, 15, or 17 (sources ...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determines that the probable cause of this accident was a low-cycle fatigue crack in the dovetail of fan blade No. 13, which resulted in the fan blade separating in flight and impacting the engine fan case at a location that was critical to the structural integrity and performance of the fan cowl ...
This was the worst aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean at the time and remains the worst ever involving the Latécoère 631. August 29 – Northwest Airlines Flight 421, a Martin 2-0-2, crashed near Winona, Minnesota, due to structural failure of a wing, killing all 37 on board in the worst ever accident involving the Martin 2-0-2. This ...
The accident was the first to eventually precipitate the sterile cockpit rule. January 30, 1974 96 5 5 Pan Am Flight 806: Pago Pago: American Samoa: Boeing 707-321B: The aircraft encountered windshear caused by a microburst during approach and failed to recognize in a timely manner and correct the ensuing excessive descent rate. January 6, 1974 ...
The exact cause of the accident was never determined. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was a Military Air Transport Service charter flight carrying 101 servicemen and their families that crashed into the sea off the Alaska coast on June 3, 1963. The cause of the accident was never determined, and no bodies were ever recovered. [9]