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Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing Quality ManagementAS6332A (Current)07/29/2021
This document establishes the general requirements for the quality management of aircraft ground deicing/anti-icing systems and processes. It covers the areas of: Quality system, documentation, and control of records; Management responsibility; Resource management; Product realization; and Measurement, analysis, and improvement. This document defines these areas and their key aspects so they can be practically managed, and that deicing operations can become safer with time. In alignment with AS6285 and AS6286, the primary focus of this standard is on the deicing/anti-icing of aircraft using deicing and anti-icing fluids.
G-12T Training and Quality Programs Committee
Technical Standard
Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-Icing Quality ManagementAS6332A-TEST-REC (Historical)07/29/2021
This document establishes the general requirements for the quality management of aircraft ground deicing/anti-icing systems and processes. It covers the areas of: Quality system, documentation, and control of records; Management responsibility; Resource management; Product realization; and Measurement, analysis, and improvement. This document defines these areas and their key aspects so they can be practically managed, and that deicing operations can become safer with time. In alignment with AS6285 and AS6286, the primary focus of this standard is on the deicing/anti-icing of aircraft using deicing and anti-icing fluids.
G-12T Training and Quality Programs Committee
Technical Standard
AVSC Information Report for Adapting a Safety Management System (SMS) for Automated Driving System (ADS) SAE Level 4 and 5 Testing and EvaluationAVSC0000720210707/16/2021
This AVSC Information Report for Adapting a Safety Management System (SMS) for Automated Driving System (ADS) SAE Level 4 and 5 Testing and Evaluation (AVSC000007202107) shares information on a Safety Management System (SMS) framework in the context of ADS testing and evaluation operations. This report was developed to provide ADS organizations information about the role of organizational safety, which may be considered in the ADS testing and evaluation process. The SMS framework represents a method used in non-automotive industries (e.g., aviation, rail, nuclear) with the goal of enhancing an organization’s operational safety performance. A Safety Management System (SMS) is one approach designed to support organizational safety in a systematic and integrated way. The SMS framework is intended to promote a positive safety culture, assess and manage safety risk, evaluate risk control effectiveness, and support organizational safety policies and objectives. This information report
Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium
Best Practice
Unsettled Topics in Automated Vehicle Data Sharing for Verification and Validation PurposesEPR202000706/03/2020
Unsettled Topics in Automated Vehicle Data Sharing for Verification and Validation Purposes discusses the unsettled issue of sharing the terabytes of driving data generated by Automated Vehicles (AVs) on a daily basis. Perception engineers use these large datasets to analyze and model the automated driving systems (ADS) that will eventually be integrated into future “self-driving” vehicles. However, the current industry practices of collecting data by driving on public roads to understand real-world scenarios is not practical and will be unlikely to lead to safe deployment of this technology anytime soon. Estimates show that it could take 400 years for a fleet of 100 AVs to drive enough miles to prove that they are as safe as human drivers.Yet, data-sharing can be developed – as a technology, culture, and business – and allow for rapid generation and testing of the billions of possible scenarios that are needed to prove practicality and safety of an ADS – resulting in lower research
Khalkhali, Mohsen, Khalighi, Yaser
Research Report
Fire Containment Cover - Operation and UseARP6905-TEST-REC (Historical)04/23/2020
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides guidelines for the effective operation and use of fire containment covers (FCCs). Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) C203 and C90e (and later revisions) incorporate AS6453, and provide the Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) for an FCC design. The net and pallet used with the FCC must be approved using the updated net and flammability requirements in TSO C90e and later revisions. However, fire containment performance also requires this equipment is properly used. Fire safety is compromised when FCCs are used in an inadequate manner.
AGE-2 Air Cargo
Recommended Practice
Fire Containment Cover - Operation and UseARP6905 (Current)04/23/2020
This SAE Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) provides guidelines for the effective operation and use of fire containment covers (FCCs). Technical Standard Orders (TSOs) C203 and C90e (and later revisions) incorporate AS6453, and provide the Minimum Performance Standards (MPS) for an FCC design. The net and pallet used with the FCC must be approved using the updated net and flammability requirements in TSO C90e and later revisions. However, fire containment performance also requires this equipment is properly used. Fire safety is compromised when FCCs are used in an inadequate manner.
AGE-2 Air Cargo
Recommended Practice
Safety Assessment of General Aviation Airplanes and Rotorcraft in Commercial ServiceARP5151A (Current)08/20/2019
This document describes a process that may be used to perform the ongoing safety assessment for (1) GAR aircraft and components (hereafter, aircraft), and (2) commercial operators of GAR aircraft. The process described herein is intended to support an overall safety management program. It is to help a company establish and meet its own internal standards. The process described herein identifies a systematic means, but not the only means, to assess continuing airworthiness. Ongoing safety management is an activity dedicated to assuring that risk is identified and properly eliminated or controlled. The safety management process includes both safety assessment and economic decision-making. While economic decision-making (factors related to scheduling, parts, and cost) is an integral part of the safety management process, this document addresses only the ongoing safety assessment process. This ongoing safety assessment process includes safety problem identification and corrective action
S-18C ARP5150A and ARP5151A Working Group
Recommended Practice
ISO 13485:2016 Lead Auditor TrainingPD63184503/20/2018
ISO 13485:2016 is an international standard that establishes the requirements for a quality management system specific to the medical devices industry. It specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer and applicable regulatory requirements. ISO 13485 is designed to be used by organizations involved in the design, production, installation and servicing of medical devices and related services. It can also be used by internal and external parties, such as certification bodies, to help them with their auditing processes. This 24-hour ISO 13485:2016 Lead Auditor course provides training on the standard itself, but also on how to lead or conduct internal audits and supplier audits using ISO 13485 and ISO 19011:2018. By participating in this online course, you will be able to: Navigate through the ISO 13485 standard and its appendices Explain how the
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A New Vision for Development Assurance Guidance2017-01-205709/19/2017
In the last several years, technical advances and regulatory pressures have motivated the need for flexible, simple, and performance-based solutions for conducting development assurance in support of a system safety assessment process. Additionally, the affected design space for commercial vehicles has been growing beyond the conventional regulations for airplanes, rotorcraft, engines, and propellers, addressed by current Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARPs). This space is beginning to include commercial technologies such as unmanned aerial systems, multi-stage spacecraft systems, and road-able aircraft. These developing areas are each accompanied with their own development assurance expectations in support of their safety criteria. Concurrently, the industry and regulators are working to simplify guidance for system safety and development assurance, which has been foundational in the aircraft industry for decades. From the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23 reorganization
Voros, Robert E., Merdgen, David, Wallington, Andrew
Technical Paper
Aircraft Ground Deicing/Anti-icing Quality ManagementAS6332 (Historical)08/29/2017
This document establishes the general requirements for the quality management of aircraft ground deicing/anti-icing systems and processes. It covers the areas of: Quality system, documentation and control of records; Management responsibility; Resource management; Product realization; and Measurement, analysis and improvement. This document defines these areas and their key aspects so they can be practically managed, and that deicing operations can become safer with time. In alignment with AS6285 and AS6286, the primary focus of this standard is on the deicing/anti-icing of aircraft using deicing and anti-icing fluids.
G-12T Training and Quality Programs Committee
Technical Standard
Intelligent Braking and Maneuvering System for an Automobile Application2017-26-008001/10/2017
The development of intelligent driver assistance mechanism ensures safety and comfort of passengers, the intelligent braking and maneuvering mechanism is proposed by transforming the anti-lock braking technology for a four wheeled vehicle. This paper presents an active safety mechanism which incorporates both steering and braking assistance system in a maneuvering vehicle. The algorithm of collision avoidance mechanism is featured and interfaced in an intelligent vehicle with short range radar to assist driving system of host vehicle based on predicted motion of sensed obstacles. The developed system will be activated for obstacles in front of the host vehicle within critical risk level. The intelligent braking mechanism plays a pivotal role at the time of emergency situation depending on the predicted collision time and relative velocity between host and target, it also provides assistance to avoid panic situation for driver. In order to facilitate the accident avoidance safety
Senapati, P. Ramani Ranjan, Das, Soumyo, Vora, Prashantkumar B.
Technical Paper
Loss-of-Control Mishaps in Revenue Airline ServiceAIR6237 (Current)07/12/2016
The scope of this document is to provide review of recent history of loss-of-control accidents during airline revenue operations.
S-7 Flight Deck Handling Qualities Stds for Trans Aircraft
Information Report
Soaring with Eagles: Birdstrike Analysis in the Design and Operation of New Airplanes2013-01-223409/17/2013
We live in an era of increasing twin-engine commercial airplane operations, with large and very quiet high bypass ratio engines. At the same time, due to several decades of increased attention to the environment, we have large and increasing hazardous species bird populations. These trends, when combined, are not a prescription for continued assurance of a remarkable and enviable safety record for commercial aviation. Therefore, greater diligence must be placed on the evaluation of the current and future aviation wildlife hazard. We have some new weapons in this fight for greater capability to live with this situation. The basic problem is that different databases are populated independently from one another and often contain conflicting, contradictory, and erroneous data. Databases that were used individually, but not necessarily combined, are being utilized in a conjoined methodology to give us a better picture of the actual risk involved. And new analytical techniques are being
Dalton, John C., Nicholson, Roger
Journal Article
The Evolution of Airline Safety and Security Programs2013-01-222909/17/2013
Career paths are not something that one can predict. They are as much about being in the right spot at the right time with the desired skill set as they are about having a detailed, calculated plan. How does one go from being a young Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) test engineer to being an airline Senior Vice President of Safety, Security and Compliance and the joint industry/FAA co-chair of the Commercial Aviation Safety Team? It is a bit unusual that a non-pilot ends up on an airline Operations Specification listed as the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 119 Director of Safety for one of the largest airlines in the world. Engineering background and experience were key stepping stones on that journey along with a healthy dose of skepticism. An initial assignment to make an airline's safety program robust, credible and data driven, much like the very successful aircraft reliability programs, set the direction and path forward. Today's commercial airline safety and
Hylander, Kenneth J.
Journal Article
Safety Assessment of General Aviation Airplanes and Rotorcraft in Commercial ServiceARP5151 (Historical)05/09/2013
This document describes a process that may be used to perform the ongoing safety assessment for (1) GAR aircraft and components (hereafter, aircraft), and (2) commercial operators of GAR aircraft. The process described herein is intended to support an overall safety management program. It is to help a company establish and meet its own internal standards. The process described herein identifies a systematic means, but not the only means, to assess continuing airworthiness. Ongoing safety management is an activity dedicated to assuring that risk is identified and properly eliminated or controlled. The safety management process includes both safety assessment and economic decision-making. While economic decision-making (factors related to scheduling, parts, and cost) is an integral part of the safety management process, this document addresses only the Ongoing Safety Assessment Process. This Ongoing Safety Assessment Process includes safety problem identification and corrective action
S-18C ARP5150A and ARP5151A Working Group
Recommended Practice
Towards “Vision Zero”2012-01-028804/16/2012
“Safe Driving” is an essential world-wide automotive requirement. The demand for “Safe Driving” is particularly high in industrialized countries, but it is also growing in the fast-developing nations. However, the annual reduction of serious traffic injuries and fatalities is still too low and the target to halve the number of people killed in traffic in the European Union from 2001 to 2010 has not been met. Essential influences to close this gap include legislation, road traffic regulations and monitoring, technical improvement of vehicles including active and passive safety systems, the increase of the equipment rate for safety functions and the re-design of traffic infrastructure for safety reasons. During the last years several countries in Europe started to consider these aspects combined in an integrated and general traffic safety policy, i.e. “Vision Zero” in Sweden. This overall approach provides the basis for the ISO 39001 “Road traffic safety management”, which is planned to
Schanz, Alexander E., Hamann, Reinhold
Technical Paper
Determining a Safety Baseline for Unmanned Aircraft Systems2011-01-268610/18/2011
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) emerge as a viable, operational technology for potential civil and commercial applications in the National Airspace System (NAS). Although this new type of technology presents great potential, it also introduces a need for a thorough inquiry into its safety impact on the NAS. This study presents a systems-level approach to analyze the safety impact of introducing a new technology, such as UAS, into the NAS. Utilizing Safety Management Systems (SMS) principles and the existing regulatory structure, this paper outlines a methodology to determine a mandatory safety baseline for a specific area of interest regarding a new aviation technology, such as UAS Sense and Avoid. The proposed methodology is then employed to determine a baseline set of hazards and causal factors for the UAS Sense and Avoid problem domain and associated regulatory risk controls.
Oztekin, Ahmet, Lee, Xiaogong
Technical Paper
New Functional Safety Standard WD ISO 26262 and the potential impact on the ECU development for the Indian market2009-28-002112/13/2009
There is a significant growth in the Automotive Electronic Control Unit (ECU) market in India with strong consumer emphasis for enhanced safety features and the requirements for compliance to emission regulations. The availability of better highways and intra-city roads has facilitated quick access to destinations and customers are more inclined to owning fast, yet safe cars. Emission norms and safety regulations will also push penetration levels of ECUs. This paper gives illustrations of the vehicle functionality, the identified hazards or risks associated and the safety functions required to meet the safety goal. It shows how Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions Limited (RBEI) address these requirements on development processes and the new functionalities to be introduced to comply with the safety guidelines for the vehicles produced for the Indian and global market
Meti, Lakshmi G, Zerfowski, Detlef
Technical Paper
Integrated Safety Management System2009-01-317111/10/2009
The Safety Management System requires a structured Risk Management Process to be effective. In the technical fields where numerous potentially catastrophic risks exist, processes and procedures need to account not only for the hardware random failures but also of human errors. The technology has progressed to the point where the predominant safety risks are not so much the machine failures but that of the human interaction. Accidents are rarely the result of a single cause but of a number of latent contributing factors that when combined result in the accident. In the Aerospace industry, the operational risk to the fleet is assessed by the manufacturer and the operator independently and is used in safety and/or regulatory decision-making. For the manufacturer, the risk assessment is a philosophy whereby risk of a potential or actual occurrence is evaluated in comparison to the event analyzed in the system safety assessment or structural analysis performed for certification of the
Kavoliunas, Michael, Klim, Zdzislaw H., Komljenovic, Dragan
Journal Article
Will the Real Solution Please Stand Up2009-01-310611/10/2009
This technical paper and presentation addresses the need for more refined, pervasive and highly engaged technical leadership in the system safety discipline. Systems engineering disciplines have been led to believe that by following a single industry standard, generic plans, inflexible processes, proven methods and techniques a system with low safety risk will evolve with little rework. The truth is there is no prescriptive one size fits all approach, or a convention that will anticipate and cover all needs. In several domain areas, especially modern military and commercial airborne systems, diverse technology and functionality have been evolving with such high complexity and criticality that collective processes will not work unless seasoned leaders allow creativity and innovation to be part of the safety culture. Leaders must have intuitive engineering and operations judgment to determine how to best allocate effective resources to meet system safety goals and objectives. This means
Hendrix, Barry
Technical Paper
Accident Data Collection Methodology for Building a Traffic Accident Database for Tamil Nadu (India)2009-26-000801/21/2009
India is facing the challenge of reducing road accident fatalities, which claim close to 100,000 lives every year. Road infrastructure is slowly improving, but the number of vehicles on the road is rising fast and so is the number of road accidents, which continue to increase year after year. The data collected by law enforcement agencies is not detailed enough to identify causes and develop solutions. Traffic accidents need to be investigated in detail to include specifics concerning crash location, vehicle damage and injuries sustained by road users. The development of such a detailed database requires the co-operation of a number of government and private organizations associated with road traffic collisions. The foundation for data collection activities is a road traffic accident notification network that enables access to accident details, crashed vehicles, and injury reports in a timely manner. This paper describes the methodology for developing a road traffic accident database
Padmanaban, Jeya, Hassan, Ahamedali M., Rajaraman, Ravishankar, Rehan, Mohammad
Technical Paper
Foundations of Commercial Vehicle Safety: Laws, Regulations, and Standards2007-01-429810/30/2007
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the laws, implementing regulations, and industry consensus standards that form the basis for the design, manufacturing, and use of commercial vehicles (CVs) and their operation in highway and off-road settings. The paper begins with an introduction to CVs as transporters of people and goods and as enablers for the provision of services. It briefly describes governmental interest in CV safety and the use of CVs as tools in systems - including the importance of safety research and technology assessment programs. The safety focus is described in terms of the Haddon Matrix, a safety model that shows the time and activity relationships between the operator, vehicle, and environment. Next, the paper provides a history of important safety legislation related to vehicle design, manufacture, and operation. Although the primary focus is on highway CVs (generally referred to as commercial motor vehicles, or CMVs) in the United
Freund, Deborah M.
Technical Paper
Safety Assurance of Distributed System Architecture in Air Traffic Control Applications2007-01-385409/17/2007
The ATM systems are required to meet the integrity and performance objectives set by service providers' business and safety needs and its regulatory regime. The composability property of architecture is important for assuring safety and performance of ATM systems as it ensures that the integrity properties of the overall system on which its safety and performance depends, can be achieved by combining the integrity properties of its individual components. This paper highlights an example framework for an ATM system architecture and identifies the integrity requirements for its components and middleware. The basic design and development principles for a robust and sustainable architecture are identified from different standards and best practices. How these principles should be applied to determine the integrity principles for ATM middleware is explained. The integrity principles for an ATM system architecture include system design guidelines; hardware and software measures for fault
Mitra, Swapan, Pateman, Giles
Technical Paper
Control of Sideslip and Yaw Rate in Cars Equipped with 4-Wheel Steer-by-Wire2004-01-207605/04/2004
This paper presents a new steering controller for cars equipped with 4-wheel steer-by-wire. The controller commands the front and rear steering angles with the objective of tracking reference sideslip and yaw rate signals describing the desired car lateral dynamics. In addition, the controller automatically rejects any disturbances in sideslip and yaw rate caused, for example, by μ-split braking manoeuvres or lateral wind gusts. The structure of the controller is based on a simplified model of the lateral dynamics of 4-wheel steering cars. This structure allows an originally complex multivariable control design problem to be broken down into two simpler single-input, single-output (SISO) control design problems by means of the Individual Channel Design (ICD) methodology. Within the proposed structure, individual sideslip and yaw rate controllers, valid for varying vehicle speed, can be designed using classical linear control design techniques. An anti-windup scheme has been
Vilaplana, Miguel A., Leith, Douglas J., Leithead, William E., Kalkkuhl, Jens
Technical Paper
Interior Sensing for Automotive Occupant Safety2002-21-003110/21/2002
The industry strategy for automotive safety systems has been evolving over the last 20 years. Systems, such as frontal and side airbags, are available today on the worldwide market that provide proven safety benefits. Interest in advanced safety systems for occupant protection and accident avoidance, is focused on making further reductions in road fatalities and injuries. Interior occupant sensing systems for advanced restraint systems, trapped occupant sensing, and driver monitoring are today under intense development as part of the industry's safety vision. In this paper, we will discuss the need for and requirements of interior occupant sensing systems, as well as applicable technologies
Kosiak, Walter K., Fultz, William W., Witt, Gerard J.
Technical Paper
Is ‘Safe’ Safe Enough?2001-01-267109/11/2001
This paper advances the proposition that although the outside world perceives aviation as ‘safe’ and accepting that the accident rate is slowly falling, there remain a number of accidents every year which appear to have common causes. Is aviation really a learning industry? Could significant progress be made by requiring airlines to demonstrate that lessons have been learnt and procedures changed accordingly? Where the cause is technical, change occurs through the manufacturer and the regulator. Where operating procedures and human factors are involved changes occur slowly, if at all. The author suggests three courses of action for improvement.
Passmore, James
Technical Paper
Airline Fitness for Duty90187209/01/1990
The airline industry has yet to define a meaningful method for determining organizational fitness through internal analysis. Prior to deregulation, Airline Safety Departments and Programs were found in nearly every major and regional carrier. Today there are relatively few safety departments in comparison to pre deregulation. In addition, contemporary safety departments do not enjoy the same stature within the airlines; where department heads were formerly vice presidents, they are now directors or managers. Currently, the FAA is encouraging the industry to implement “Self Audit” programs based primarily on regulatory adherence. However, there is still no requirement or emphasis for a “Safety Department”. Additionally, there is no incentive for operators to establish a dynamic loss control or risk management program. This paper addresses the use of “Risk Management” techniques as an adjunct to any internal audit and attempts to show that the focus should not only be on regulatory
Dennis, Jerry T.
Technical Paper
Evaluation of a Safety Program70065102/01/1970
A systematic approach to safety evaluation can be a valuable tool to the safety official and to the engineering manager. The effective use of this tool will reduce the frequency of mishaps, and when mishaps do occur (as in the Apollo 13 mission), it will assure that a maximum number of alternatives are available to minimize the danger to personnel.
Bolger, P. H.
Technical Paper
The NASA System Safety Program69071002/01/1969
The NASA System Safety Program, its implementation and supporting organizational structure are discussed. The program is related to overall safety activity and evolution of concepts, which were based on previously identified constraints. The concept of “establishing the requirements and then measuring the system safety program performance against those requirements” was described as the implementing technique. The results of the program are reviewed.
Harris, R. Emerson
Technical Paper
Defining the Safety Mission67066802/01/1967
A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT of the System Safety Engineering concept which requires attention and improvement is that of defining the more subtle safety requirements of a complex system. It is suggested that safety requirements must be presented in measurable terms and expressions if they are to be consistantly and effectively incorporated in design.
Gordon, Rex B.
Technical Paper
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