The National Transportation Safety Board has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that principal operations inspectors enforce prohibitions on dive-and-drive techniques for specific commercial operators.
Safety recommendation
The National Transportation Safety Board has directed the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate that principal operations inspectors enforce prohibitions on dive-and-drive techniques for specific commercial operators.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued Safety Recommendation A-14-076, identified by reference number DCA13MA133, addressed directly to the Federal Aviation Administration. This directive requires principal operations inspectors responsible for operators under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121, Part 135, and Part 91 subpart K to ensure strict compliance with safety protocols. Specifically, the recommendation mandates that these inspectors verify that Federal Aviation Administration-approved nonprecision instrument approach landing procedures explicitly prohibit dive-and-drive maneuvers. The term dive-and-drive is defined in Advisory Circular 120-108, which serves as the regulatory reference for this prohibition. This new directive supersedes the previous Safety Recommendation A-06-8, updating the regulatory expectations for inspector oversight of these specific operational categories.