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General Aviation Flight Data Monitoring
Moving the industry beyond Proof of Concept
CAPACG, LLC
March 04, 2009
Theme – We have FDM systems, now
what do we do with all this DATA?
• Where have we been?
• A quick review of past FDM trials
• Actionable items and continuous feed back
• Goals and deliverables to the industry
FDM for GA – The Evolution
FDM concepts
CAPACG
R and D
Plausibility
Legacy AC proof of concepts
GA-FDM
Intro at NTAS
2004
Technologies
Emerge
Cal Fire Trial
2005
TAA proof of concept
DFDS SATSair Trials
ALERTS – Air Log
2006
2007
Actionable Items
Acceptance
Wide scale GA FDM Implementation
Pioneers –
SATSair, AirLog & Indigo Flyers
2008
SMS, OEM, ACH,
Individuals, Fleets
2009
ASIAS
2010 and beyond
Aggregate data shared and
feed into a continuous improvement loop
DFDS)
(Alaka’i , Appareo)
FOQA trials in the past…
Examples of past trials:
1. CAL FIRE (privately funded)
2. Air Safety Flight Academy (privately funded)
3. SATSair (privately funded)
4. FSF C-FOQA Trial
5. FSF HEMS H-FOQA (TBD)
- Past FOQA/FDM trials have primarily concentrated on
proving general concepts and facilitating the
collection of flight data from aircraft.
- The volume of data can be daunting! How does
industry turn the data into actionable information?
The Operators –
“What do I do with all this DATA?”
Create actionable feedback to improve your overall
operations, maintenance, safety and training programs
Develop reporting programs to continuously monitor
your operations for normalized trends
The Trick
Dashboard view for trending
Special event studies
General Aviation FDM suggested objectives and
deliverables:
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Define common parameters and event set for both “light” and
traditional FDRs. (to provide “apples-to-apples” comparison across
fleets)
Increase awareness of FDM programs to GA community.
Provide a “tool kit” to operators interested in establishing and FDM
program.
Incentivize implementation of FDM programs
Develop and implement data sharing strategies to improve safety
(ASIAS)
Provide another validation of the FDM concept in a very challenging
environment. (example: night freight, single pilot operation)
Promote a sustainable FDM program/product through initiatives such as
organizational-based programs to ease and speed widespread
implementation in the GA community. Eliminate current barriers (cost,
technology, people, etc.) by providing a “plug and play” option to include
equipage/technology, service and program management.
Questions?
Scott Meacham
President, CAPACG, LLC
[email protected]
877-227-4506
To err is human…to recover is good training®
CAPACG Overview…
1. History
2. Core Competencies
3. Trial Management
4. Outlook
5. Needs assessment
 Founded in 2004, CAPACG (CAP Avia tion Consulting Group,
LLC) migrates successful air carrier-style safety, training and
auditing programs and techniques to general, business aviation
and special mission aircraft operations by adapting tools
already in place, such as Advanced Qualification Programs
(AQP), FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS), proven Human
Factors (HF) methods and Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) or
Flight Operational Quality Assurance (FOQA) pr ograms.
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Credited with developing the first complete certified General
Aviatio n FDM System. As a system integrator, responsibilities
include assisting a number of different technology companies
develop FDM analysis systems for light aircraft.
Core Competencies
Center around 8 areas:
 FDM program development, management and total system
integration
 Migrating proven air carrier safety a nd operational programs into
non-scheduled, special mission and general aviation operations
 Flight Data Ana lysis in FAA -approved FOQA/FDM pr ograms
 FDM/SMS soft ware development consulting
 Flight analysis profile
 IS-BAO Audits
 Safety management system development and implementation
 Risk management model implementation
GA-FDM Demonstration Trials:
Trial #/ Name of
organization
#1/ CDF (now
CalFire)
#2/ Air Safety
Flight Academy
#3/ SATSair
#4/ SATSair -2
#5/ FAA CGAR
grant/ERAU*
Goals of trial
Prove feasibility of
low-cost recorders
in FOQA/FDM
programs
Utilize recorded
avionics data as
maintenance and
reliability tool
Analyze large
number of
parameters (82)
available from TAA
data bus - add
flight safety events
Expand Trial #3 to
include wireless
data transmission
and admin.
functionality
Widespread GAFDM trial
representing
university, air taxi
and special
mission fleets
Recorder
technology
/ concepts
GPS-based and
MEMs-based selfcontained
recorders
Avidyne Emax data
uploaded to webbased analysis tool
Digital Flight Data
Storage System
(DFDS) and webbased tools
DFDS with wireless
pack, plus, onboard
MOQA/FOQA
analysis
DFDS or selfcontained
recording
devices/refine GA
processes
Aircraft used
Grumman
S-2T Tankers
Cirrus SR20 and
SR22
Cirrus SR20 and
SR22
Cirrus SR20 and
SR22
Cirrus SR20/22,
Diamond DA42,
Eclipse 500 and
Cessna 206
Length of trial/ #
of aircraft
1 fire season / 1
fire bomber
3 months (+1,000
hours) / 7-8
aircraft
(1,000 hours)/ 3
aircraft
3 month- 5 aircraft
1 year
Results / Remarks
Organization to
issued RFP in 2007
Report published
Trial report
published
Began 8/2007
Completed
10/2007
Follow-on trial
Began 9/2007
Completed
12/2007
Contract signed
3/2008
*Proposal
submitted - denied
- lack of
interest/funding
from AFS-800
CAPACG today…
• CAPACG consulting - SMS/FOQA/ASAP/IS-BAO implementation and
operational planning (ALOG)
• CAPACG analysis - 3rd party flight data analysis service (Aerobytes and
Appareo Systems)
• The GA-FDM Team: Partnership with Alakai Technologies - the first
internet accessible digital flight data system. Onboard processing and
flight data analysis. (SATSair, Cirrus Design, Indigo Flyers, etc.)
CAPACG tomorrow…
• Continue to focus on core FDM products
and services
• Future projects - Continual Audit Processes
Informational Database (CAP-ID)
• Lower cost alternative to products such as
AQD - engineered from the beginning to be
expandable to other programs such as
FOQA/FDM, MOQA/ETMS, ASAP, etc….
• Industry/Educator partnership programs to
ensure stable supply of aviation safety
professionals - offer a pathway to future
analysts. (ERAU Co-op Program and
AABI)
Properly managed SMS components convert data into
useful information and the end user gains knowledge
Needs Assessment
Maintenance
Operations
Full SMS implementation
C-FOQA, ASAP, IS-BAO
Training
Safety
MOST Model
 Maintenance
Operations
Engine trend monitoring
Exceedance reports
Trouble shooting
Fuel savings
Maintenance
Operations
GA-FDM
Training
Training
Provide feedback to
instructor/students (e-debrief)
Validation of training programs
Training footprint analysis and
adjustment
Insurance reduction
Automated data transfer from
aircraft
Automated OOOI reporting
Automated billing
Fuel savings
Automated aircraft tracking
Safety
 Safety
Fleet oversight
SOP adherence
ID of adverse safety trends
Uncover threats and errors
Mitigate risk
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