NTSB Makes 2 Recommendations to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.
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NTSB issued 2 recommendations to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. Recommendation A-12-62 concerns commissioning audit by qualified independent safety experts before start of next major certification flight test program to evaluate flight test safety management system. Recommendation A-12-63 is to provide information about lessons learned from implementation of flight test safety management system to interested manufacturers, flight test industry groups, and other appropriate parties.
Original Press Release:
NTSB Safety Recommendations A-12-62 through -63
The NTSB issued 10new recommendations, including five to the Federal Aviation Administration, three to the Flight Test Safety Committee, and the following two recommendations to Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation:
A-12-62
Commission an audit by qualified independent safety experts, before the start of the next major certification flight test program, to evaluate the company's flight test safety management system, with special attention given to the areas of weakness identified in this report, and address all areas of concern identified by the audit.
A-12-63
Provide information about the lessons learned from the implementation of its flight test safety management system to interested manufacturers, flight test industry groups, and other appropriate parties.
http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/recletters/2012/A-12-062-063.pdf
The complete recommendation letter is available on the Web at the URL indicated above.
The letter is in the Portable Document Format (PDF) and can be read using the Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later from Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html).
An archive of recommendation letters is available at www.ntsb.gov/recs/letters/letters.htm. Electronic versions of letters may or may not include enclosures; however, related publications, accident briefs, and aviation accident synopses may be found on the NTSB website.
