Greate ideas all, Anthony. The problem that I can see is the very subjective nature of the determination of the cause/nature of the accident/incident. Off the top of my head, could be an example where the nature of the accident was stall/spin and cause could be loss of control. Maybe these could be swapped across each other? Either way I'll have to develop an explicit method for this subjective judgement.
Please keep the comments coming. Dave > Off the top of my head you could start with a matrix. > > Have phase of flight on one axis and then nature of accident > eg loss of control (spin), controlled flight into terrain > (yes it happens), mechanical failure, fire (electrical), > fire (fuel / engine) etc across the other. > > That may give you some groupings to pursue with primary, > secondary and tertiary causes. > > >> I am keenly interested in why accidents occur (and seem to >> re-occur) and propose to write a paper on same. The common >> taxonomies of powered flight don't necessarily all apply >> to gliders, so I'm going to develop or modify an existing >> one and apply it to the (considerable) data that I have. >> Does anyone have any suggestions about existing or >> potential taxonomies that could be used? The grouping can >> be used to categorise accidents which may lead to some new >> conclusions about accident cause, and possibly accident >> causation. It is highly likely that there may be >> overlapping causation or other factors so there may need >> to be a primary and secondary cause or causal factor. >> Perhaps, as a starting point, could I suggest: >> Takeoff >> Landing >> Thermalling >> cruising >> circuit joining/planning >> (where do we put the 'spun in' incidents) >> etc. >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
