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Member's Guide
Our primary function is
to serve the aircraft mishap board (AMB). Our investigators are
experienced in recognizing, collecting, and analyzing the hardware and
software that is part of the investigation of any Navy or Marine Corps
aircraft mishap. We are familiar with the resources, such as
engineering activities, best able to support the AMB's efforts. We
provide the AMB with immediate access to our experience in dealing with
such diverse issues as nonvolatile memory, crew-resource and operational-risk
management, and flight dynamics. In all our duties, our overriding
concern is to provide needed answers to the board and, ultimately, the
fleet.
At all times, one of our division investigators is ready to respond to a
major naval aviation mishap anywhere in the world. An
investigator will generally go to the scene of a fatal or other class A
flight mishap where wreckage is available. In cases involving the loss
of wreckage at sea, we don't normally send an investigator
until the start of any ocean salvage desired by the controlling
custodian of the mishap aircraft. The dispatch of a Safety Center
investigator is always announced via naval message to the appropriate
commands and agencies. That message identifies the investigator's level
of security clearance, itinerary, and intent; the same information will
also be conveyed through less formal means such as telephone calls or
electronic mail. When a Safety Center investigator does arrive at a
mishap site, that investigator is charged by OPNAVINST 3750.6 to control
all wreckage and real evidence until it can be appropriately released to
the mishap board's senior member.
The Safety Center's mishap staff is exclusively composed of active
duty and retired naval aviators. All investigators have completed the
Aviation Safety Officer course at the Naval Postgraduate School, the
U.S. Air Force Jet Engine Mishap Investigation course, and a variety of
additional training given by experts in the investigation field.
Division personnel represent 135 years of operational fleet time, 30
years of investigative experience, and more than 125 naval aircraft
mishap investigations.
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