A-03-044

NTSB Safety Recommendation — Aviation

Recommendation text

TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION: Require manufacturers of transport-category airplanes to immediately notify the appropriate certification authority of any event involving accelerations exceeding the threshold values (or that the manufacturer has reason to believe might have exceeded those thresholds) necessitating the intervention of the manufacturer, and provide all related loads assessment and inspection results.

In plain language (FlightFinder summary)

The Federal Aviation Administration is asked to require manufacturers of transport-category airplanes to immediately notify the appropriate certification authority of any event where accelerations exceeded threshold values (or the manufacturer suspects they might have), and to provide all related loads assessment and inspection results.

This plain-language summary is written by FlightFinder to explain the recommendation above. It is not the official wording — the verbatim NTSB text is quoted above.

Details

StatusClosed - Acceptable Action
ModeAviation
ClosedFeb 11, 2013
NTSB numberNYC03IA027
AddresseesFAA

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NTSB safety recommendations are advisory; addressees are not legally required to adopt them. Source: NTSB CAROL (public domain).