Flight Safety Information [October 27, 2020] [No. 217] In This Issue : Accident: Oriental Bridge DH8D at Fukue on Oct 23rd 2020, hard touchdown and tail strike : ProSafeT - SMS, Quality & Audit Management Software : Incident: American A320 at Syracuse on Oct 23rd 2020, multiple hydraulic failure : Incident: Skywest CRJ9 near Rochester on Oct 22nd 2020, smoke in cockpit : Cessna 210 - Fatal CFIT Accident (Texas) : F-35 ‘Overwhelmed’ By Pilot Attempts To Save It (Corrected) : Navy issues safety 'stand down' for non-deployed aircraft : IBAC Honored by Top Flight Safety Award Nomination for New IS-BAO Programme : FAA Weighs In On Aviation Insurance : Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority accepts DeTect’s radar-activated obstruction lighting system : What is the citizenship of a baby born on an airplane? : New business jet travelers help fuel order recovery during pandemic : NASA plans November 14 launch for next SpaceX Crew Dragon : Fireside Partners Inc. Announce - New Emergency Response Program : Impact of COVID-19 on Aviation & Fatigue Survey (Round 1) : PIREP SURVEY Accident: Oriental Bridge DH8D at Fukue on Oct 23rd 2020, hard touchdown and tail strike An Oriental Air Bridge de Havilland Dash 8-400 on behalf of ANA All Nippon Airways, registration JA845A performing flight OC-93/NH-4693 from Fukuoka to Fukue (Japan) with 50 passengers and 4 crew, landed in Fukue at 09:25L (00:25Z) but touched down hard followed by a tail strike. The aircraft rolled out without further incident. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The aircraft was unable to continue service, the return flight OC-92 was cancelled (35 passengers were affected). The airline confirmed the aircraft made a hard landing and suffered a tail strike while landing in Fukue. There were no injuries. The occurrence was rated an accident and reported to Japan's Ministry of Transport. Japan's TSB is going to investigate. Fukue Airport features a runway 03/21 of 2000 meters/6560 feet length. LOC and VOR approaches are published for both runways 03 and 21. http://avherald.com/h?article=4de5bff1&opt=0 Incident: American A320 at Syracuse on Oct 23rd 2020, multiple hydraulic failure An American Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N110UW performing flight AA-530 from Syracuse,NY to Charlotte,NC (USA) with 91 people on board, was climbing out of Syracuse's runway 10 when the crew stopped the climb at 10,000 feet requesting to return to Syracuse advising they were working on a problem. The crew subsequently reported they had multiple hydraulic failures and needed some time to set up for the approach. The aircraft entered a hold at 7000 feet to work through the checklists, advised ATC they'd have no nose wheel steering and subsequently landed safely on Syracuse's runway 10 about 45 minutes after departure and stopped on the runway, the crew confirmed they did have no nose wheel steering and needed to be towed off the runway. The crew requested emergency services to check the aircraft for any leaks and advised they had no fumes etc. on board. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Syracuse about 8 hours after landing back. The flight was rescheduled for the morning of the next day with a delay of about 23 hours. http://avherald.com/h?article=4de3ccdc&opt=0 Incident: Skywest CRJ9 near Rochester on Oct 22nd 2020, smoke in cockpit A Skywest Canadair CRJ-900 on behalf of Delta Airlines, registration N838SK performing flight DL-3757 from Saint Louis,MO to Minneapolis,MN (USA) with 48 people on board, was enroute at FL360 about 80nm southwest of Rochester,MN (USA) when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit and decided to divert to Rochester. The aircraft landed safely on runway 02 about 25 minutes after leaving FL360. The aircraft remained on the ground in Rochester for about 15 hours, then positioned to Minneapolis, remained on the ground in Minneapolis for another 14 hours and returned to service. A series of smoke in the cockpit events had been reported in Canada (Moncton and Gander Center) that were traced back to the Colorado wildfires, the smoke of which had entered the jet stream. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL3757/history/20201022/1100Z/KSTL/KMSP http://avherald.com/h?article=4de3c7a2&opt=0 Cessna 210 - Fatal CFIT Accident (Texas) Date: 26-OCT-2020 Time: c. 15:58 Type: Cessna 210 Centurion Owner/operator: Private Registration: N9622T C/n / msn: 57422 Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: South of Lubbock Preston Smith Int’l Airport (LBB/KLBB), Lubbock, TX - United States of America Phase: Approach Nature: Private Departure airport: Belen Regional Airport, NM (BRG/KBRG) Destination airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, TX (LBB/KLBB) Narrative: A Cessna 210 Centurion was destroyed by terrain impact and fire while on approach to land at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB/KLBB), Lubbock, Texas. The sole pilot onboard the airplane received fatal injuries. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/244416 F-35 ‘Overwhelmed’ By Pilot Attempts To Save It (Corrected) An unstable approach, a misaligned helmet and an “overwhelmed” flight control system led to the crash of an Air Force F-35 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida last May. An Air Force accident report released a few weeks ago found plenty of fault with the pilot’s actions but it was ultimately the airplane that wouldn’t allow itself to be saved. The plane’s overworked processor set the horizontal stabilizers to the “default” position of trailing edge down just as the pilot initiated a go-around to try his landing again. When the aircraft didn’t respond to firewalled throttle and full back pressure on the stick, the pilot ejected and the plane rolled, caught fire and disintegrated. The pilot suffered minor injuries and the aircraft, worth $175,983,949, became a debris field. The aircraft was on a night training flight and was landing at Eglin at 9:26 p.m. on May 19 when the accident occurred. The pilot was distracted by a misaligned helmet that was showing him erroneous head-up display information and didn’t shut off a “speed hold” feature that maintained an airspeed of 202 knots. That’s 50 knots faster than the 152-knot touchdown speed of the F-35. The aircraft was also at a 5.2 degree angle of attack when the manual calls for 13.2 degrees. The result was a floating three-point landing followed by pilot-induced porpoising. As the pilot tried to salvage the landing with rapid control inputs, the flight control computer couldn’t keep up and went to the default nose-down setting. “With the horizontal stabilizers set in this trailing edge down position, the [pilot] then input full aft stick for approximately three seconds and selected maximum afterburner (AB) in an unsuccessful attempt to set a go around attitude before successfully ejecting from the [aircraft].” An earlier version of this story incorrectly used the term “glideslope” instead of angle of attack in describing the aircraft’s landing attitude. https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/f-35-overwhelmed-by-pilot-attempts-to-save-it/ Navy issues safety 'stand down' for non-deployed aircraft The decision comes after two crashes in six days The U.S. Navy has directed all non-deployed aviation units to "stand down" as of Monday in response to two separate crashes, including one in which two officers were killed. Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, commander of Naval Air Forces, said the pause will focus on improving safety measures. "This stand down provides an opportunity for our aviation commands to focus on how to further improve operational risk management and risk mitigation across the Naval Aviation enterprise," a Navy statement said. The move comes after two crewmembers on a Navy T-6B Texan II aircraft were killed when it crashed Friday in Foley, Ala. The aircraft is "a tandem-seat, turboprop trainer used to train Navy and Marine Corps pilots," according to the Navy. The plane hit a house and two cars but no civilians were injured. The two deceased crewmembers were identified as U.S. Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross, 30, of Wixom, Mich., and Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett, 24, of Weddington, N.C. On Oct. 20, an F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in California during flight training. The pilot safely ejected the plane. Days before the Super Hornet crash, the Naval Safety Center said the Navy and Marine Corps had gone a whole fiscal year without a single aviation-related fatality in nearly a century. “After 98 years of recorded aviation history, this unprecedented milestone serves as testimony to the Naval Aviation Enterprise’s tireless commitment toward fostering a safety culture of excellence,” Rear Adm. F.R. “Lucky” Luchtman, Naval Safety Center commander, said in a news release. https://www.foxnews.com/us/navy-announces-aviation-safety-stand-down-for-non-deployed-units-after-recent-crashes.amp IBAC Honored by Top Flight Safety Award Nomination for New IS-BAO Programme International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is honored to have the new International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) FlightPlan Stage 1 Program for small operators nominated by the Aviation International News (AIN) magazine for its first annual Top Flight Award. “We are proud to have this new program recognized for its Contribution to Safety by the AIN editorial staff and thank them for this nomination,” commented Bennet Walsh, IS-BAO Program Director. ”This new program is truly a result of listening to operators around the world and responding to the needs of single aircraft operations, fixed-wing and rotor. We are excited about FlightPlan Stage 1 and its ability to make IS-BAO more accessible and ultimately improving the safety culture of small operators,” added Walsh. “IBAC has been encouraged by the community to facilitate uptake of IS-BAO by single-aircraft operators,” said Kurt Edwards, Director General of IBAC. “FlightPlan Stage 1 is an innovative approach to help small operators define and implement their own SMS. IBAC is honored by AIN’s Top Flight Award nomination recognizing the benefits of the program.” The new FlightPlan Stage 1 Program defines a clear, stepped, and simple pathway to IS-BAO Stage 1 registration within 90-180 days of initiating the Stage 1 process. The key benefit to the program is that it includes a highly credentialed and standardized progressive implementor that mentors and walks through the entire pre-audit process with the operator to streamline the experience. The FlightPlan package consists of the IS-BAO standard document suite and the IS-BAO General Company Operations Manual (GCOM) in the operator’s regulatory framework (e.g., NCC, FAR Part 91/135, etc.) in coordination with AviationManuals. Post-registration “On Course” validations will happen every six months during a 24-month period, all under one inclusive fee structure. More details are available at https://ibac.org/is-bao/fs1. https://www.aviationpros.com/education-training/trade-associations-events/press-release/21160060/international-business-aviation-council-ibac-ibac-honored-by-top-flight-safety-award-nomination-for-new-isbao-programme FAA Weighs In On Aviation Insurance Virtually all Americans know that the FAA regulates air carrier safety in the United States. However, most Americans are unaware that the Department of Transportation also maintains oversight of air carrier operations through a robust set of economic regulations. According to a newly released Information for Operators (InFO), the FAA is concerned that a number of direct air carriers are also unaware of some of these economic regulations. On October 21, 2020, FAA Flight Standards Service released InFO 20006, to “remind” U.S. and foreign direct air carriers that they are required to maintain evidence of aircraft accident liability insurance coverage on file with the FAA. Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 205, all such carriers must maintain a liability insurance policy or have a self-insurance plan that meets certain minimum amounts. In addition, adequate documentation of the plan or coverage must be filed with the Department of Transportation. For direct and foreign air carriers, the insurance must cover, among other things, accident liability insurance for bodily injury to or death of passengers, with minimum limits of $300,000 per passenger. Despite the clear mandate in the regulations, the InFO states that the FAA has “learned that U.S. and foreign direct air carriers, as part 205 describes, might not submit necessary information to the FAA to ensure compliance with part 205.” It appears that there have been incidents where carriers have lost or changed their coverage and failed to notify the FAA, or have failed to update the documents on file when policies are renewed. The FAA recommends that all air carriers “should review their most recent air carrier liability certificates of insurance filed with the Technical Programs Branch and ensure all information for aircraft listed on the applicable operations specifications remains accurate.” Air carriers can updated their insurance information by submitting OST Form 6410 or 6411 to the Technical Programs Branch. All of the forms and filing instructions are available HERE. While the FAA and DOT have relaxed a number of regulatory requirements in the age of COVID, this is not one of them. The FAA has just reminded everyone that it expects everyone to ensure the accuracy of their insurance filings and provide updates in a timely manner https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/faa-weighs-in-on-aviation-insurance-49934/ Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority accepts DeTect’s radar-activated obstruction lighting system Harrier Aircraft Detection Lighting SystemDeTect has announced that Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority has accepted its Harrier Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) for use on Australian wind farms. DeTect’s ADLS delivers continuous 360 degree radar surveillance of the airspace around sites automatically activating obstruction lighting only when aircraft are detected at a defined outer perimeter. The Harrier ADLS is compatible with all turbines, communication networks and lighting systems. DeTect developed its ADLS in 2008 in response to the Dark Sky Initiative to reduce light pollution for projects with aviation obstruction lighting such as wind farms, high voltage transmission lines and communication towers. https://www.windtech-international.com/product-news/australia-s-civil-aviation-safety-authority-accepts-detect-s-radar-activated-obstruction-lighting-system What is the citizenship of a baby born on an airplane? Here's what happens when a baby is born on an airplane. Have you ever wondered if a baby is born on a flight, what will be his/her nationality? First of all, to make it clear, in India, a woman pregnant for 7 months or more is not allowed to travel by air, but in some special cases, it is allowed. In such a situation, if a woman in a plane flying from India to America gives birth to a child, what will be the birthplace in the child's birth certificate and what will be his/her citizenship? This is the biggest question. In such cases, it has to be seen that at the time of the birth of the child, the aircraft is flying above the border of which country. After landing, documents related to the birth certificate of the child can be obtained from the airport authority of that country. However, the child also has the right to get the nationality of his parents. For example, if an aircraft flying from Pakistan to America is passing over the Indian border and at the same time if a child is born on the plane, the place of birth of the child will be considered as India and that child can get citizenship of his parent's country as well as the citizenship of India. However, there is no provision of dual citizenship in India. A few years ago a similar case came up in America. A plane flew to the US from Amsterdam. When the plane reached the Atlantic Ocean, a woman started having labour pains and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. However, the mother and child were later taken to Massachusetts General Hospital in the US. The girl was born in the US border, so she got citizenship of both US and the Netherland. Every country has different rules regarding the citizenship of children born on the plane. https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-what-is-the-citizenship-of-a-baby-born-on-an-airplane-2852542 New business jet travelers help fuel order recovery during pandemic MONTREAL (Reuters) - Affluent travelers avoiding commercial flights during the pandemic are helping fuel a recovery in pre-owned corporate aircraft transactions this year and reviving shoots of demand for new planes even as the business aviation industry braces for a slump in 2020 deliveries. Jets built as corporate aircraft, which can carry from roughly a handful to 19 travelers, tout less risk of exposure to the coronavirus because their passengers can avoid airports and generally select who comes on board. Private flights have mostly recovered better than those of commercial airlines, with operators like NetJets reporting improved demand this summer. Corporate planemakers, such as Canada's Bombardier Inc , have been watching to see whether the rebound in leisure flights would translate into new aircraft orders. Pre-owned jet transactions are bouncing back to near 2019 levels, while lawyers and brokers are seeing orders for new planes trickling in after a pandemic-induced lull, generating cautious optimism for corporate planemakers as they begin reporting quarterly earnings this week. "There's just so much more activity than we anticipated four or five months ago," said Don Dwyer, managing partner at Guardian Jet, which does aircraft brokerage, appraisals, and consulting. "In April you could hear crickets chirping for new orders." The private jet industry, which delivered 809 new business jets in 2019, has still not recovered since its peak of 1,317 deliveries in 2008, said analyst Brian Foley. But pre-owned transactions for the first nine months of 2020 range from flat to down 8%, on an annual basis, depending on the data source, surprising aviation analysts Foley and Rolland Vincent. During the third quarter, transactions rose 9% to 643, according to Vincent's JetNet IQ data. Executives attribute the improvement in the pre-owned market to a combination of tax incentives this year in the United States, the world's largest market for corporate planes, along with demand from first-time and occasional business jet travelers, upgrades, and charter companies. Small through super mid-sized planes which carry up to 10 passengers are especially in demand for domestic leisure travel, executives said. September business aviation flights in the United States, Caribbean and Canada were up 1.2% compared with August but remain down almost 17% on an annual basis, according to Argus TRAQPak data. Amanda Applegate, a partner at Aerlex Law Group, said she has done post-COVID-19 transactions for new-model Bombardier Challenger 350s, Embraer SA Praetors, along with Gulfstream G500 and G600 jets, some of which were for clients who previously flew commercially. More first-time buyers and clients who used to fly commercial at least part of the time now opt to fly private either because of concerns over COVID-19, or because airlines have scaled back their schedules, she said. Florida attorney Stewart Lapayowker is seeing planemakers offer discounts off retail pricing to win deals. "I think you’re seeing manufacturers get realistic about their new aircraft pricing," he said. At Canadian plane-share operator AirSprint, which is taking two pre-owned planes post-COVID-19, the number of new fractional owners increased by 36% between April and October compared with the same period in 2019, said Chief Operating Officer James Elian. Fractional ownership allows passengers to invest in a private jet to gain access to it. Flexjet, scheduled to accept delivery of more than 10 aircraft by year's end, including Praetor 500s and Challenger 350s, has not seen a steep cutback on flying private compared with previous downturns, said Chief Operating Officer Megan Wolf. "This time around has been different." https://finance.yahoo.com/news/business-jet-travelers-help-fuel-050417534.html NASA plans November 14 launch for next SpaceX Crew Dragon NASA is retargeting launch of the next SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for November 14 amid ongoing reviews of recent engine problems with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, the space agency announced Monday. The spacecraft will carry four astronauts to the International Space Station for a planned six-month stay. Following the successful Crew Dragon "Demo 2" test flight this summer that carried two astronauts to and from the lab complex, NASA managers were ready to press ahead with operational astronaut ferry flights, starting with the Crew-1 mission. But the flight was delayed from this month to next in the wake of a turbopump issue with one or more engines in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that triggered a launch abort October 2 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. No details were provided other than a tweet from SpaceX founder Elon Musk saying the abort was triggered by an "unexpected pressure rise" in first-stage engine turbopump machinery. Amid troubleshooting to pin down and resolve what went wrong, SpaceX pressed ahead with three launches of the company's Starlink internet satellites, all of them successful. NASA managers plan to hold a media teleconference Wednesday to discuss plans for the Crew-1 launch "including results from recent testing of the Falcon 9 Merlin engines" in the wake of the launch abort, the agency said in a statement. The Crew-1 flight will follow another Falcon 9 launch on November 10 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The piloted mission will fly "following a thorough review of launch vehicle performance." On board will be Crew-1 commander Michael Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi. Hopkins, Walker and Noguchi are spaceflight veterans while Glover will be making his first flight. Liftoff from historic pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center is planned for 7:49 p.m. EST, setting up an automated rendezvous and docking at the space station's forward port eight hours later, just after 4 a.m. the next morning. NASA is counting on SpaceX's Crew Dragon and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner to end the agency's sole reliance on Russian Soyuz rockets and spacecraft to ferry U.S. and partner astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Astronaut Kate Rubins used the agency's last currently contracted Soyuz seat when she and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 14, docking at the station three hours later. Rubins' seat aboard the Soyuz MS-17/63S spacecraft cost NASA $90 million. https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-plans-november-14-launch-234134848.html Fireside Partners Inc. Announces New Emergency Response Program Providing an All-Inclusive System for Company Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Dover, Delaware – Fireside Partners Inc., an industry-leading, fully integrated emergency services provider, announces the launch of a new Emergency Response Program. The four-stage Program brings a holistic and unified approach to emergency response. Fireside Partners’ customers will have the resources, training, and tools to respond successfully, compassionately, and professionally. Going beyond a traditional Emergency Response Plan (ERP), Fireside’s Program provides a roadmap of progression to enhance crisis decision-making skills and advance emergency preparedness and response capabilities. The Program transforms the emergency response plan into a tactical roadmap to recovery. Comprised of four synchronous developmental stages, the transformation from a written plan to a fully capable Program is simple: • Stage 1 - Development: Build the foundation of your capability to respond to an emergency • Stage 2 - Alignment: Integration with your enterprise-level emergency and business continuity plans (BCP) • Stage 3 - Execution: Train your team with the interactive curriculum and experiential scenarios • Stage 4 - Readiness: Continual improvements and after-action evaluations Training and equipping employees, and testing an ERP is vital to emergency preparedness. Fireside Partners operates a robust Training Center that provides multiple training options including in-person, virtual, and hybrid environments. The state-of-the-art live studio and eLearning online courses ensure you are mission ready when it’s time to respond. Don Chupp, president and chief executive officer adds, “From our customer’s perspective, whatever they thought it meant to be prepared prior to the year 2020 certainly changed as the year evolved. A global pandemic, civil unrest, massive wildfires, hurricanes, and other emergencies present a need to respond to multiple, cascading events simultaneously. The most effective organizations, businesses, and niche operations take their responsibility to be prepared and effective very seriously. We rise to meet that responsibility with a single, yet powerful option; the Emergency Response Program.” To learn more about how the Program can benefit your organization, please visit www.firesideteam.com or contact Fireside Partners directly at 302.613.0012 or info@firesideteam.com. ### About Fireside Partners Inc. Fireside Partners Inc. is dedicated to building world-class Emergency Response Programs to instill confidence, resiliency, and readiness for high net worth/high visibility individuals and business concerns. Fireside delivers a broad array of services focused on prevention, preparedness, on-site support, and recovery. We help our customers protect their most important assets - their people and their good name. Learn more at www.firesideteam.com. Contact: Kevin Lucas Executive Support & Finance Administrator kevin.lucas@firesideteam.com (302) 613 0027 Impact of COVID-19 on Aviation & Fatigue Survey (Round 1) As a longitudinal survey, we will send you links to shorter follow-up surveys each month as the industry adapts to changes in regulations and public demand. For more information about the survey, please contact Dr. Cassie Hilditch at cassie.j.hilditch@nasa.gov or see below for FAQs. We thank you for your time and support of this survey addressing the effects of this unprecedented time in aviation history. All the best, Cassie Hilditch FAQs Overall purpose of the survey To assess the impact of operational changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic on fatigue in US commercial pilots. Any additional background on the study Discussions with airline representatives and pilots have highlighted several unique changes to operations as the industry attempts to adapt to reduced demand and travel restrictions. Many of these changes are unprecedented, therefore, understanding how they impact crew fatigue is important in order to manage the impact of such changes and potentially recommend safeguards to their implementation. Who will have access to the raw data? Only staff from NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Research Laboratory approved by the Institutional Research Board will have access to the raw data. All data will be stored anonymously, with a unique ID code assigned to each participant to track responses over time. Who will make the final conclusions? NASA Ames Fatigue Countermeasures Research Laboratory staff will summarize and analyze the survey responses. Where will the information be published? We hope to publish the results as a NASA Technical Memorandum, and also in safety-focused peer-reviewed journals and industry newsletters to reach a wide range of audiences to maximize the learning opportunities from this survey. We also aim to present the results at relevant scientific and industry conferences where possible. Cassie J. Hilditch, PhD Senior Research Associate Fatigue Countermeasures Lab SJSU Research Foundation NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA 94035 PIREP SURVEY Greetings, Please consider participating in our online survey on PIREPs available at this link, https://fit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6y8tcXQXgr1Q6lT. The survey will take approximately 10-minutes. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Florida Institute of Technology & Purdue University Dr. Debbie S. Carstens, PMP Graduate Program Chair & Professor, Aviation Human Factors College of Aeronautics|321.674.8820 Faculty Profile: https://www.fit.edu/faculty-profiles/2/debbie-carstens/ Curt Lewis