C F I T
C F I T
DEFINITION AN EVENT WHERE A MECHANICALLY NORMALLY FUNCTIONING AIRPLANE IS INADVERTENTLY FLOWN INTO THE GROUND, WATER, OR AN OBSTACLE
INTRODUCTION
CFIT CONTINUES TO BE THE DOMINANT REASON FOR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HULL LOSSES AND FATALITIES 9000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED WORLD WIDE BECAUSE OF CFIT AT CURRENT RATE CFIT COULD CAUSE ONE MAJOR AIRLINE HULL LOSS, AND ASSOCIATED FATALITIES, PER WEEK BY YEAR 2010 IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT CFIT ACCIDENT RATE BE LOWERED OPERATORS MUST BE MADE AWARE OF THE CFIT PROBLEM AS WELL AS TRAINED TO AVOID THESE ACCIDENTS
RESOURCE UTILIZATION
OPERATORS SHOULD USE BOTH THE ACADEMIC AND SIMULATOR TRAINING PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE A WELL-BALANCED, EFFECTIVE CFIT TRAINING PROGRAM ALLOCATION OF TRAINING TIME FOR CFIT WITHIN BOTH RECURRENT AND TRANSITION PROGRAM WILL VARY WITH EACH OPERATOR
C F I T ACCIDENTS
PRIMARY CAUSE FACTORS FOR HULL-LOSS ACCIDENTS FOR WORLDWIDE COMMERCIAL JET FLEET
PERCENTAGE OF ALL ACCIDENTS BY PHASE OF FLIGHT AND THE PERCENTAGE OF FLIGHT TIME THAT THE FLIGHT CREW IS EXPOSED DURING THAT PHASE
PRIMARY CAUSE FACTORS FOR HULL-LOSS ACCIDENTS FOR WORLDWIDE COMMERCIAL JET FLEET
C F I T PREVENTION
MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING SYSTEM (MSAWS)
C F I T PREVENTION
MSAWS CREW BRIEFING AUTOFLIGHT SYSTEMS ROUTE & DESTINATION FAMILIARIZATION ALTITUDE AWARENESS USE OF CALL OUTS GPWS WARNING ESCAPE MANEUVER CHARTS TRAINING
GPWS MODE 1
GPWS MODE 1
GPWS MODE 2
GPWS MODE 3
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GPWS MODE 4
GPWS MODE 4
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GPWS MODE 5
GPWS MODE 6