Transcript Rotorcraft Directorate - Aircraft Electronics Association

Federal Aviation
Administration
FAA/Industry
Rotorcraft Forum
FAA Rotorcraft
Directorate Update
Presented to: FAA/Industry Rotorcraft Forum (Ft. Worth, TX)
By: Larry M. Kelly - Manager, Rotorcraft Standards Staff &
Jorge R. Castillo - Manager, Regulations & Policy
Date: January 23, 2013
Overview
• Rotorcraft Safety Challenge
• FAA Rotorcraft Directorate (RD)
Organization & Responsibilities
• Status of Rotorcraft Advisory Circulars
(ACs) & Policies
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Rotorcraft Accidents by NTSB Classification
10 Years from CY01 to CY10 – 1,672 Accidents
6 Other Categories
6 Other Categories1.5%
1.5%
External
Load
1.9%
External
Load
1.9%
Flight Test
1.4%
Flight Test
1.4%
Instruction/Training
Instruction/Training
21.7% 21.7%
Aerial Observation
Aerial3.3%
Observation 3.3%
Business 4.7%
Business
4.7%
Positioning 4.9%
Positioning
4.9%
Other Work 7.4%
Other
Work 7.4%
EMS 7.8%
EMS 7.8%
Personal/Private
Personal/Private
20.0%
20.0%
Public Use 7.8%
Public Use 7.8%
Aerial Application
Not Categorized9.3%
9.3%
Not Categorized
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Aerial8.2%
Application 8.2%
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Summary of Accident Contributing
Categories
• Personal/Private:
– Account for approximately 20 - 25% of helicopter accidents.
– Based on estimated operating hours, contribute roughly 6 times their “fair
share.”
• Instruction/Training:
– Account for approximately 20% of helicopter accidents.
– Contribute roughly 1 - 2 times their fair share.
• Aerial Application:
– Thru 2007, approximately 8% of helicopter accidents.
– Thru 2007, contributed roughly their fair share.
– An alarming increase in recent years: 18% in 2010, 22% in 2011, 14%
in 2012.
– Now contribute approximately 3 - 5 times their fair share.
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Top Accident Causes and Contributing
Factors
• Loss of Control:
– 41% of Personal/Private
– 61% of Instructional/Training
– 32% of Aerial Applications
• Pilot Judgment and Actions:
– 90% of Personal/Private
– 93% of Instructional/Training
– 67% of Aerial Applications
• Most Common Errors:
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Performance management, i.e. insufficient power
Exceeding published aircraft operating limits
Loss of tail rotor authority
Interference with controls
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Where are the Safety Opportunities?
• Three types of operations account for 50 to 60% of the
rotorcraft accidents.
– Personal/private
– Instruction/training
– Aerial applications
• Each of these operations contributes more than its
“fair share” to the number of accidents.
• For these “high offender” categories, the following are
the most significant contributors –
– Loss of Control
– Pilot Judgment/Action
• Conclusion: We must enable the pilot to make better
decisions
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What Role Will Technology Play in
Rotorcraft Safety?
• Improve Safety?
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Improved situation awareness
Training enhancements
Smart power management
Smart cockpit
• Diminish Safety?
– Distracting or misleading information
– Snow tire syndrome
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The Rotorcraft Safety Challenge
• Recognize that rotorcraft are unique aircraft, with
unique safety challenges that may not lend
themselves to fixed-wing solutions.
• Determine how to use technology to improve
rotorcraft safety, particularly in “high offender”
operations.
• Find means to encourage practical and economical
installations of safety enhancing systems – which
may require that we broaden our concept of
“safety” to include an evaluation of both risks and
benefits.
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AVS Organizational Structure
AssociateAdministrator
Administrator for
Associate
for
Aviation
Aviation Safety
Safety
AVS-1
AVS-1
Peggy Gilligan,
Nicholas
Sabatini,AVS-1
AVS-1
John Hickey,
AVS-2
Margaret
Gilligan,
AVS-2
Office of Aerospace
Medicine (AAM)
CAMI
Aircraft Certification Service
(AIR)
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Directorates
Flight Standards
Service (AFS)
Office of Accident
Investigation & Prevention
(AVP)
Office of Rulemaking
(ARM)
Registry
9 Regions
8 Regions
Office of Quality
Integ., & Exec. Services
(AQS)
Air Traffic Safety
Oversight Service, (AOV)
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Field Offices
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Field Offices
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Field Offices
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Rotorcraft Directorate (RD)
Kim Smith, Directorate Manager, ASW-100
Lance Gant, Asst. Directorate Mgr., ASW-101
Larry Kelly, Rotorcraft Standards Staff Manager, ASW-110
817-222-5110; [email protected]
- Jorge Castillo, Regulations and Policy Group Manager, ASW-111
817-222-5111; [email protected]
- Jim Grigg, Safety Management Group Manager, ASW-112
817-222-5112; [email protected]
Scott Horn, Rotorcraft Cert. Office Acting Manager, ASW-170
Monica Merritt, Airplane Cert. Office Manager, ASW-150
Fran Cox, Special Cert. Office Manager, ASW-190
Bruce Cain, Manufacturing Inspection Office, ASW-180
- Ken Hickman, Oklahoma City MIDO-41
- Carlton Cochran, Ft. Worth, MIDO-42
- Ford Lauer, San Antonio MIDO-43
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Rotorcraft Standards Staff, ASW-110
ASW-110
Standards Rotorcraft Staff
Larry M. Kelly
ASW-111
ASW-112
Regulations & Policy Group
Safety Management Group
Jorge R. Castillo
Jim Grigg
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RD Standards Staff
Responsibilities, ASW-110
• Support Safety Initiatives (e.g. IHST)
• Rulemaking & Advisory Circular (AC)
– Parts 27 (Normal) & 29 (Transport)
– ACs 27 & 29
• Part 27/29 Certification Standardization Among
Aircraft Certification Offices (ACO)
– e.g. Boston, Los Angeles, Alaska ACOs
• Support Major Domestic Certification Projects
– Process Issue Papers
– Equivalent Level of Safety Findings (ELOS)
– Special Conditions (e.g. Search & Rescue, Fly-By-Wire)
• Validation of All TC/ATC Import Rotorcraft
– Boston ACO (TSOs)
– NY ACO (STCs)
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RD Standards Staff
Responsibilities, ASW-110
• Rotorcraft Continued Operational Safety (COS)
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Airworthiness Directives (ADs)
Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (SAIBs)
NTSB/FAA Safety Recommendations
Accident Investigation Technical Support
• Rotorcraft RE&D
– HUMS, Advanced Flight Controls, Icing
• Coordination with EASA, TCCA & other Authorities
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Rotorcraft ACs & Policies
• HTAWS AC 27/29 MG-18 (Draft)
– To be released once HEMS Final Rule is issued
• HEMS AC 27/29 MG-6 (Draft)
– To be released once HEMS Final Rule is issued
• AC 27/29 Groups 1 & 2 (Draft)
– Group 1 consists of material were few changes were
necessary (Public review ~ Jan/Feb 2013)
– Group 2 consists of new material and material involving more
extensive changes (Public review ~ Mar/Apr 2013)
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Electronic Display Systems (EDS)
XX.1309/1316/1317 (FHA, Lightning, HIRF)
Human Factors
Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS)
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Rotorcraft ACs & Policies
• NORSEE – Draft
– Public Review (Jan. 23, 2013)
– http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/
• Rotorcraft Laser & Filtered Infrared (IR)
Searchlights- Draft
– Public comments disposition
– FAA legal counsel review pending followed by Management
Coordination
– National Laser AC – Draft (FAA Internal Review Mar/Apr 13)
• Rotorcraft AML Policy
– Issued in June 2010
– National FAA AML Memo Clarifying the AML STC process
(Issued Sept. 2012)
– National AML Policy
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Rotorcraft ACs & Policies
• Advanced Flight Controls (e.g. Fly-By-Wire)
– FAA Review – mid 2013
– Public Review – late 2013
• Auto Flight Guidance Control Systems (AFGCS)
– FAA Review – mid 2013
– Public Review – late 2013
• Non-Required Equipment
– FAA Review – mid/late 2013
– Public Review – late 2013/early 2014
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Airborne Software Assurance Guidance
• AC 20-115C will invoke the following RTCA
documents:
• RTCA DO-178C, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and
Equipment Certification, dated December 13, 2011.
• RTCA DO-330, Software Tool Qualification Considerations, dated
December 13, 2011.
• RTCA DO-331, Model-Based Development and Verification
Supplement to DO-178C and DO-278A, dated December 13, 2011
• RTCA DO-332, Object-Oriented Technology and Related Techniques
Supplement to DO-178C and DO-278A, dated December 13, 2011.
• RTCA DO-333, Formal Methods Supplement to DO-178C and DO278A, dated December 13, 2011.
• Public comments - 3rd quarter 2013
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