Managing aviation safety through inspection information technology

Author

Larsen, William E. ; Cooksy, Kevin D. ; Zuk, John

Author_Institution

Fed. Aviation Adm., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

7

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

45

Abstract

This article discusses aircraft airworthiness management, which can now take place for the commercial air carrier fleet as a result of the FAA certification of intact aircraft nondestructive inspection (NDI) and information technologies systems that were originally developed for the Air Force. The merit of aircraft airworthiness management has proven extremely successful for the government fleet for more than a decade. The inspection and information management technologies are particularly effective for rapid fault detection and fault assessment when hidden structural corrosion, hidden structural cracks, internal engine blade cracks, or composite disbonding occurs

Keywords

aerospace computing; aircraft maintenance; corrosion testing; crack detection; fault location; information systems; inspection; nondestructive testing; safety; FAA certification; aircraft airworthiness management; aviation safety management; commercial air carrier fleet; composite disbonding; hidden structural corrosion; hidden structural cracks; information technologies systems; inspection information technology; intact aircraft nondestructive inspection; internal engine blade cracks; rapid fault assessment; rapid fault detection; Aircraft propulsion; Certification; FAA; Government; Information management; Information technology; Inspection; Military aircraft; Safety; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-2618

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2943.922449

Filename

922449