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AS 408 Commercial Aviation Safety: Significant Aviation Accidents in History
This capstone course is designed to assist the student in developing an attitude and philosophy for accident prevention and an awareness of major flight security issues.
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ERAU Hunt Library - NTSB Reports
Federal Aviation Administration
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) - Safety
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
1910s-WWII
Atlantic Ocean - Imperial Airways Short S.23 Flying Boat (1939)
Atlantic Ocean - Imperial Airways Short S. 23 Flying Boat (1939) (British Embassy)
Brooklands, UK - Flanders F3 Monoplane (1912)
Bryce Canyon, UT - United Air Lines Flight 608 (1947) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Bryce Canyon, UT - United Air Lines Flight 608 (1947) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Chesterton, IN - United Airlines Flight B247 (1933)
Fort Myer, VA - Wright Aircraft / Lt. Selfridge (1908)
Fort Myer, VA - Wright Aircraft / Lt. Selfridge (1908) (War Department)
Humpy Ridge, UT - United Air Lines Flight 1 (1937) (Bureau of Air Commerce)
Humpy Ridge, UT - United Air Lines Flight 1 (1937) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Atlanta, GA - Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 (1941) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Las Vegas, NV - TWA Flight 3 (1942) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Las Vegas, NV - TWA Flight 3 (1942) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Mountains, CA - Western Air Lines Flight 44 (1946) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Mountains, California - Western Air Lines Flight 44 (1946) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Mt. Taylor, NM - Transcontinental Air Transport, Ford Trimotor Accident (1929) (NM State Historian)
Mt. Taylor, NM - Transcontinental Air Transport, Ford Trimotor Accident (1929) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
The Post Office Flies the Mail, 1918-1924
Uniontown, PA - TWA Flight 1, DC-2 (1936) (Aviation Safety Network)
Uniontown, PA - TWA Flight 1 (1936) (Department of Commerce)
1970s-1980s
Antarctica / Mount Erebus - Air New Zealand Flight 901 (1979) (Dedicated Website)
Antarctica / Mount Erebus - Air New Zealand Flight 901 (1979) (Official Report - NZ Ministry of Transport)
Bayfield, CO - Trans Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 (1988) (NTSB)
Canary Islands - Tenerife, KLM Flight 4805 / Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977) (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
Canary Islands - Tenerife, KLM Flight 4805 / Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977) (FAA)
Canary Islands - Tenerife, KLM Flight 4805 / Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977) (K.L.M. - P.A.A. Joint Report)
Canary Islands - Tenerife, KLM Flight 4805 / Pan Am Flight 1736 (1977): Films on Demand - Crash of the Century (ERAU Authorized User Login Required)
Chicago, IL - American Airlines Flight 191 (1979) (FAA)
Chicago, IL - American Airlines Flight 191 (1979) (NTSB)
Chicago, IL - American Airlines Flight 191 (1979) : Alexander Street Video - Chicago Air Crash
Covington, KY - Air Canada Flight 797 (1983) (NTSB - Accident Report)
Covington, KY - Air Canada Flight 797 (1983) (NTSB - Summary)
Dallas/Fort Worth - Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (1985) (FAA)
Dallas/Fort Worth - Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (1985) (NTSB)
Detroit, MI - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987)(FAA)
Detroit, MI - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987)(NTSB)
Duarte, CA - Hughes Air West Flight 706 / F-4B Phantom II (1971) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Duarte, CA - Hughes Air West Flight 706 / F-4B Phantom II (1971) (NTSB)
Ermenonville Forest, France - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974) (UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch)
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 1970s
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 1980s
Fort Worth, TX - Delta Airlines DC-9 / American Airlines DC10 (1972) (NTSB)
Lockerbie, Scotland - Pan Am Flight 103 (1988): Films on Demand - Plane Crash at Lockerbie, Scotland (4:32) (ERAU Authorized User Login Required)
Los Angeles, CA - Aeromexico Flight 498 (1986) (AOPA)
Los Angeles, CA - Aeromexico Flight 498 (1986) (CVR Database)
Los Angeles, CA - Aeromexico Flight 498 (1986) (NTSB - Accident Report)
Los Angeles, CA - Aeromexico Flight 498 (1986) (NTSB - Summary)
Maui, HI - Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988) (FAA)
Maui, HI - Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988) (FAA/NTSB)
Maui, HI - Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (1988) (NTSB)
Mena, AR - Texas International Airlines Flight 655 (1973) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Mena, AR - Texas International Airlines Flight 655 (1973) (NTSB)
Miami, FL - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (1972) (FAA)
Miami, FL - Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (1972) (NTSB)
Osutaka Ridge, Japan - Japan Airlines Flight 123 (1985) (Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission)
Osutaka Ridge, Japan - Japan Airlines Flight 123 (1985) (FAA)
Paris, France - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974) (ASASA - Multiple Documents - Search Required)
Paris, France - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974) (FAA)
Paris, France - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974) (London - Department of Trade)
Pinckneyville, IL - Air Illinois Flight 710 (1983) (NTSB)
Portland, OR - United Airlines Flight 173 (1978) (FAA)
Portland, OR - United Airlines Flight 173 (1978) (NTSB)
Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 163 (1980) (Aviation Safety Network)
Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Flight 163 (1980) (FAA)
San Diego, CA - PSA Flight 182 / C172-N7711G (1978) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
San Diego, CA - PSA Flight 182 / C172-N7711G (1978) (FAA)
San Diego, CA - PSA Flight 182 / C172-N7711G (1978) (NTSB)
Sioux City, IA - United Airlines Flight 232 (1989) (FAA)
Sioux City, IA - United Airlines Flight 232 (1989) (NTSB)
Sioux City, IA - United Airlines Flight 232 (1989): Films on Demand - The Unflyable Plane: Disaster (Series 1) (28:25) (ERAU Authorized User Login Required)
St. Croix, Virgin Islands - Overseas National Airways Flight 980 (1970) (NTSB)
1950s-1960s
Blossburg, PA - Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 (1967) (FAA)
Blossburg, PA - Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 (1967) (NTSB)
Buffalo, TX - Lockheed L-188 Electra - Braniff Airways Flight 542 (1959) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Buffalo/Cannelton - Lockheed L-188 Electra Accidents (1959/60) (FAA)
Calcutta/Elba/Naples - de Havilland Comet Accidents (1953/1954) (FAA)
Calcutta/Elba/Naples - de Havilland Comet Accidents (1953/1954): Alexander Street Video - Comet Air Crash
Cannelton, IN - Lockheed L-188 Electra - Northwest Airlines Flight 710 (1960) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 1950s
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 1960s
Grand Canyon - TWA Flight 2 / United Airlines Flight 718 (1956) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Grand Canyon - TWA Flight 2 / United Airlines Flight 718 (1956) (FAA)
Hounslow, UK - BOAC Flight 712 (1968) (London - Board of Trade)
Lake Michigan - United Airlines Flight 389 (1965) (NTSB)
Las Vegas, NV - United Air Lines Flight 763 / F-100 (1958) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Las Vegas, NV - United Air Lines Flight 763 / F-100 (1958) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Los Angeles, CA - United Airlines Flight 266 (1969) (FAA)
Miami, FL - Northwest Airlines Flight 705 (1963) (FAA)
Staten Island, NYC, NY - TWA Flight 266 / United Flight 826 (1960) (Civil Aeronautics Board)
Staten Island, NYC, NY - TWA Flight 266 / United Flight 826 (1960) (FAA)
1990s-Present
Aliquippa, PA - USAir Flight 427 (1994) (NTSB)
Atlantic Ocean - Air France Flight 447 (2009) (SKYbrary)
Includes link to final report by France's Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses (BEA)
Bangkok, Thailand - Lauda Air Flight NG 004 (1991) (FAA)
Belle Harbor, NY - American Airlines Flight 587 (2001) (NTSB - Accident Report)
Belle Harbor, NY - American Airlines Flight 587 (2001) (NTSB - Summary)
Belle Harbor, NY - American Airlines Flight 587 (2001): Alexander Street Video - Plane Crash in Queens
Charkhi Dadri, India - Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 / Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 (1996)
Charlotte, NC - Air Midwest Flight 5481 (2003) (NTSB - Accident Report)
Charlotte, NC - Air Midwest Flight 5481 (2003) (NTSB - Summary)
Cheyenne, WY - C177 - General Aviation - "Record Breaking" Flight (1996) (NTSB)
Cove Neck, Long Island, NY - Avianca Airlines Flight 052, B707 (1990) (NTSB)
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI - Northwest Airlines Flights 1482/299 (1990) (NTSB)
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 1990s
FAA - Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents - 2000s
FAA - Lessons Learned from Transport Airplane Accidents - 2010s
Flagstaff, AZ - Aero Charter and Transport, Cessna T310R (2004) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Flagstaff, AZ - Classic Helicopter Services / Guardian Air, Bell 407 (N407MJ) / Bell 407 (N407GA) (2008) (Commercial Aviation Archaeology)
Gonesse, France - Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde) (2000) (BEA - Final Report)
Gonesse, France - Air France Flight 4590 (Concorde) : YouTube - Concorde's Last Flight
Indian Ocean - Malaysia Airline Flight 370 (2014): Alexander Street Video - Where is Flight HM370?
Java Sea, Indonesia (Lion Air Flight 610) (2018) / Ejere, Ethiopia (Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302) (2019) [NTSB]
Long Island, NY - TWA Flight 800 (1996) (FAA)
Long Island, NY - TWA Flight 800 (1996) (NTSB)
Los Angeles, CA - USAir 1493 / Skywest 5569 (1991) (FAA)
Los Angeles, CA - USAir 1493 / Skywest 5596 (1991) (NTSB)
Los Angeles, CA - USAir 1493 / Skywest 5596 (1991) (Parabolicarc - no citations)
Miami, FL - ValuJet Flight 592 (1996) (FAA)
Miami, FL - ValuJet Flight 592 (1996) (NTSB)
Nagoya, Japan - China Airways Flight 140 (1994) (FAA)
Nova Scotia, Canada - Swissair Flight 111 (1998) (FAA)
Nova Scotia, Canada - Swissair Flight 111 (1998) (Transportation Safety Board of Canada)
Roselawn, IN - American Eagle Flight 4184 (1994) (NTSB - Accident Report)
Roselawn, IN - American Eagle Flight 4184 (1994) (NTSB - Summary)
Russian Federation, The Rostov Region - Flydubai Flight FZ981 (2016) (Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC))
San Francisco, CA - Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (2013) (NTSB - Accident Report)
San Francisco, CA - Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (2013) (NTSB - Summary)
Saudi Arabia - Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (1991) (Flight Safety Foundation)
Tahiti, French Polynesia - Air France Flight 072 (1993)
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