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Home › Safety › Incident Reports › 2016

2016 ASRS incident reports

5,411 voluntary NASA ASRS incident reports for events in 2016.

By flight phase

PhaseReports
Approach1,066
Cruise1,012
Climb579
Ground564
Taxi497
Descent392
Landing359
Takeoff343

Top anomaly categories

Anomaly typeReports
Deviation discrepancy procedural published material policy2,629
Atc issue all types1,477
Aircraft equipment problem less severe1,310
Deviation discrepancy procedural clearance1,146
Inflight event encounter weather turbulence561
Aircraft equipment problem critical551
Conflict airborne conflict530
Deviation track heading all types489
Deviation discrepancy procedural far416
Conflict nmac315

Recent report synopses

  • 2016-12 COS Tower CIC reported an airborne conflict when an arriving aircraft on final approach disappeared from the controller's radar display due to a scheduled radar outage; limiting radar coverage.
  • 2016-12 B787 flight crew reported the loss of cabin pressurization control; resulting in dumping fuel and diverting to the nearest airport.
  • 2016-12 Air carrier tug driver pushing a B737-800 back onto the DEN ramp area reported he had to stop abruptly to avoid a collision with a regional jet taxiing past.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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