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The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) international Approach-and-landing
Accident Reduction (ALAR) Task Force was created in 1996 as another phase
of CFIT accident reduction.
Statistics compiled by the Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority show
that, worldwide, an average of 17 fatal ALAs occurred each year in 1980
through 1998 in passenger operations and cargo operations conducted by
aircraft weighing 5,700 kilograms/12,500 pounds or more.
The goal of the FSF ALAR Task Force was to reduce by 50 percent the worldwide
fatal ALA rate within five years of completing its work in 1998. The
task force includes 100 representatives from airlines, corporate flight
departments, aircraft and equipment manufacturers, civil aviation authorities,
and many other technical, research and professional organizations.
The FSF ALAR Task Force began its work with assignments to four working
groups
- The Data Acquisition and Analysis Working Group validated accident-prevention
strategies based on analysis of 287 fatal-accident reports; detailed
case studies of 76 accidents and serious incidents; and assessments
of key flight crew behavioral markers identified in the accidents and
incidents, and in line audits of 3,300 flights;
- The Operations and Training Working Group developed, from accident
and incident data, eight conclusions about the major causes of ALAs
and how to prevent them;
- The Aircraft Equipment Working Group examined how to make better use
of equipment currently aboard transport aircraft to prevent ALAs; and,
- The Air Traffic Control Training and Procedures/Airport Facilities
Working Group examined navigational charting, ground equipment and facilities
standards, phraseology in communications between air traffic controllers
and pilots, and controller training.
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