Select an accident from the NTSB Database or similar official reports for international accidents: https://ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx

Accident Analysis 1
Directions
Objective: This Project provides the opportunity to apply Block I knowledge to various accident
scenarios.
To this end, you will write a report that will identify and classify errors found in accident reports.
Requirements:
1. Select an accident from the NTSB Database or similar official reports for international
accidents: https://ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
2. Identify one primary major error leading to the accident (skill based, perceptual, or decision
based).
3. Additionally, construct an error chain leading to the accident. Characterize an additional type
of error within a link of the error chain.
4. The accident analysis must contain:
a. Synopsis – a brief overview of the facts of the accident avoiding assertions and
analysis
b. Analysis – identifying the error and explaining the reasoning behind the classification.
c. Theories and Models – apply material you learned in Block I to some aspect of the
accident (i.e. Reason’s Model, Attention Types, Multiple Resource Theory, etc…)
5. The accident analysis will be between 2 and3 pages, single-spaced, in length depending upon
the complexity of the accident.
The accident you choose for your report can be anything from a small, general aviation accident at a
local airport close to your home-town to a major international airline accident. Find something that
interests you and share what you discover.
Due Date:
This assignment will be due on 11/14/2022 before 1700.
Grading Rubric:
Criteria
Poor Acceptable Excellent
Synopsis – Use of
Source Documents
and cites them
(15%)
Uses no Official
Accident Report
relying solely on
unofficial media.
Uses 1 Official
Reports
Uses 1 Official Report
with additional
unofficial resources
Synopsis – Clarity of
Synopsis
(20%)
Makes some
assertions and
analysis within
synopsis
One or two instances
of assertions and
analysis within
synopsis
Avoids assertions and
analysis within the
synopsis
Analysis – Error
Classification
(25%)
Multiple instances of
unfounded error
classification
An instance of error
classification not
consistent with data
from the reports
Proper Error
Classifications based
upon evidence in the
reports
Theory and Models
(20%)
Application of Theory
and Models does not
fit the conclusions in
the Analysis
Some Errors in
applying Models
Few Errors in
Applying Models
Report –
Clarity of Content
(15%)
Grammatically Poor
writing, with
numerous errors and
inconsistencies
Some grammatical
errors and logical
inconsistencies.
Grammar and
explanations are
clear and concise
Report – Within Page
Constraints
(5%)
>4 or <1 A half page outside of
“excellent”
2-3 Pages