Engineering Homework Help

In this activity, you will identify items associated with three phases of survivability (impact, egress, and environment). Integrate the CREEP (see Chapter 36 of your textbook) method into your evaluation. Access the Virtual Hub and enter the Crash and Hangar Labs to access the crash site and aircraft.

Take photographs, create diagrams, etc., of your findings to support your response. 

Export your findings to the Word document and save to your folder.

Consider the following when in the Crash Lab:

Describe CREEP as the term relates to crash survivability.

Did you detect any obvious signature revealing issues with survivability? Compare and contrast your findings. 

Your response to the question(s) should be precise, clear, relevant, and succinct. You are not required to respond with a specific amount of words. You should reply to at least 2 classmates by adding substance to others’ posts, be diplomatic, and polite. Look for any additional questions or comments your instructor may reply to you on before the last day of the module week. 

Required Course Materials

Title: Aircraft Accident Investigation

ISBN: 978-1892944177

Authors: Richard H. Wood and Robert W. Sweginnis

Publisher: Endeavor Books

Publication Date: 2006

Edition: 2nd

Format: Textbook

Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.

Aircraft Accident Investigation (Wood & Sweginnis, 2006)

• Chapter 14 – Cockpit Instruments
• Chapter 18 – Aircraft Recorders (reacquaint yourself with this chapter)

Air Detective Tips & Resources

Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.

• Air Detective Tip 16: – Aircraft Instrument Analysis (DOCX)
• IHST: HFDM – Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (PDF)
• NTSB Presentation and Analysis of Systems and Instruments (PDF) – The Honorable Robert L. Sumwalt

Optional, but Recommended: After reading the Tipsheet, take the Air Detective Tips Review #4 knowledge check to reinforce some of the content. The matching bank may display under the questions.

Please proceed to the Cockpit Instruments & Switches section.

Cockpit Instruments & Switches

Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.

Review this presentation for a visual display of post-crash instrumentation. Cockpit instrumentation can provide useful information regarding the crashed aircraft.

Instrumentation (PPTX)

Review the following presentations and read the files regarding the application of Flight Data Recorders (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorders (CVR) in accident investigation. These data capture systems have become the primary element in the assessment of causation. Advancement in these technologies is elevating the capability to capture a broader spectrum of data associated with flight safety, both in a proactive manner and in the reactive accident investigative process.

• A Basic Overview of FOQA & ACARS (PPTX)
• ATSB: Black Box Flight Recorders (PDF) – Fact Sheet
• NTSB: Recorders (PPTX) – J. Cash

The first website contains links to CVR transcripts and may have some actual CVR audio files as well as some air traffic control audio clips.

• Aviation Safety Network: CVR/FDR Cockpit Voice Recorders
• How Stuff Works: How Air Traffic Control Works (Read pages 1 and 2, Flight Profile, and Preflight.)