Steve Scott

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• A Tell-Tale for a T-Tail?

  BY Steve Scott// February 7th, 2005

  Challenger’s Stabilizer Wing Prone to Icing Stall Coming so soon after NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol’s Nov. 28, 2004, crash in snowy conditions in Montrose, Colo., and the Nov. 21, […]

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• The Conundrum Of American Airlines Flight 587

  BY Steve Scott// January 31st, 2005

  Better Pilot Training or Aircraft Design? Editor’s note: Equivocation about Pilot-Induced oscillation (PIO) aside, the ability to inadvertently induce destructive yaw loads upon the Airbus A300 tail fin still exists, […]

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• Automatons and Automations: Computers Continue to Perplex Pilots

  BY Steve Scott// January 24th, 2005

  Crash investigations again highlight prominence of human error and mode confusion Ever since computers and airplanes came together, modal confusion and pilot perplexity have gone hand in hand. Now and […]

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• 2004: A Nonpareil Year for Safety

  BY Steve Scott// January 10th, 2005

  "Series of ‘good’ years is largely a product of normal distribution rather than a new trend." – Airclaims The year just completed "was the safest ever for commercial transport," according […]

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• Too Many Small Aircraft Lack A Terrain Warning System

  BY Steve Scott// January 3rd, 2005

  Many owners have not yet installed these critical safety devices By Jim Hall, former chairman, National TransportationSafety Board As the community and the entire sport of racing continues to mourn […]

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• New Approach Invites Wake Turbulence Encounters

  BY Steve Scott// December 20th, 2004

  More wake turbulence upsets and higher training costs could result from a new landing procedure proposed for Cleveland-Hopkins International airport in Ohio. Officials with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) […]

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• MD-11 Corrective Action Plan: A Case Study in Reactive Safety

  BY Steve Scott// December 13th, 2004

  There’s nothing like a fatal crash to concentrate attention on the surviving airplanes of the same model. The case at hand involves the MD-11, an airplane whose electrical wiring and […]

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• Ice Contamination Accidents On Takeoff Reach Epidemic Proportions

  BY Steve Scott// December 6th, 2004

  Aviation may be the only mode of transportation where frozen water can lead to a fireball. The case at hand involves the Nov. 28 crash on takeoff at Montrose, Colo., […]

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• Study: Design Shortcomings Play A Prominent Role in Accidents

  BY Steve Scott// November 22nd, 2004

  The root cause of more than half of aviation accidents can be traced to design deficiencies, according to a new study by the Eurocontrol Experimental Center in France. The study […]

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• FAA Issues New Safety Goals – NTSB Says Existing Risks Not Being Reduced

  BY Steve Scott// November 15th, 2004

  ‘To make an intractable problem go away – redefine it.’ – Anonymous The plan to provide a stable vision of progress toward a higher level of safety is itself unstable, […]

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