Study Overview
The Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários (GPIAAF) published Safety Study ALTO (Approach, Landing and Take-Off Accidents) covering the period 2011 to 2021. The study, identified as document 2021-SS-01, focuses on general aviation events in Portugal.
Purpose and Scope
According to the study's notes, the safety study aims to present information to assist in the prevention of accidents and incidents in national general and light sport aviation. It is specifically centered on events classified as approach, landing, and take-off occurrences.
Structure and Content
The study includes a foreword describing GPIAAF's mission to investigate civil aviation and rail occurrences to identify causes and produce reports. A glossary defines terms such as ALTO (Approach, Landing and Take-Off events), runway excursion, abnormal runway contact, and others relevant to the analysis.
The document is organized into sections covering the safety study framework, a national perspective, selected events, latent conditions, the decision-making process, consequences, and main conclusions. Annex I lists selected ALTO events with their identifiers, including occurrences involving aircraft CS-DIN, CS-ASQ, CS-AHW, CS-ADF, CS-UQD, CS-USR, G-AWXR, and CS-XAB, among others.
Publication Details
The study was published on November 5, 2021, in both Portuguese and English, with the Portuguese text prevailing in case of discrepancies. It is available from GPIAAF, based in Lisbon, Portugal.