NTSB Urges Emergency Directive for Pacific Scientific Safety Belt Buckles
The safety board recommends immediate action to ensure passengers and crew can easily release seat belts by aligning the buckle insert.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued recommendation A-94-176, identified as document DCA94MA027. This urgent directive calls on the Federal Aviation Administration to immediately issue an emergency airworthiness directive. The goal is to inform all operators and affected parties, including the U.S. Department of Defense and foreign governments, about the safety board's findings. Operators whose aircraft feature Pacific Scientific safety belt buckles must instruct passengers and crewmembers before each flight. They need to know how to align the buckle insert when lifting the release lever. This step ensures easy release of the safety belts during normal operations or emergencies.
Original regulatory source: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/A-94-176