Category:Accidents and Incidents

Description

This Category contains several hundred articles on particular Accidents and Incidents. Almost all are events which have been classified by the investigating agency as requiring an investigation under the national version of the generic procedures described in ICAO Annex 13. The information contained in the summary articles on individual accidents/incidents is derived from the Official Investigation Reports which may in each case be found on the SKYbrary bookshelf. All articles in the SKYbrary A&I database are listed below.

Browsing/Filtering

You can browse the category using the Accidents and Incidents browser, which allows you to filter the displayed list of articles to show only those that interest you.

Timeline

Accidents and Incidents can be also be seen plotted on a timeline

Map

Alternatively, the location of events can be viewed on a map.

Title Convention

Article titles are constructed in accordance with the following convention: Aircraft Type Designator, Location, Year, and (SKYbrary Category/Categories).

KEY

AGC = Air Ground Communications (including Call Sign Confusion), AI = Airspace Infringement, AW = Airworthiness, BS = Bird Strike, CFIT = Controlled Flight into Terrain, CS = Cabin Safety, EPR = Emergency Procedures, FIRE = Fire, FT = Flight Technical, GND = Ground Operations, HF = Human Factors, LB = Level Bust, LOC = Loss of Control, LOS = Loss of Separation, RE = Runway Excursion, RI = Runway Incursion, WAKE = Wake Turbulence, WX = Weather.

Statistical Summaries

A number of organisations publish statistics on aviation safety. See the article "Aviation Safety Statistics" for an explanation of terms and links to current publications.