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The Capstone Experience

This presentation discusses the Capstone program's investment in safety for rotorcraft in the FAA and industry. It provides an overview of the Capstone process, the Alaska operating environment, and the objectives and outcomes of the program. The presentation highlights the improvement in aviation safety achieved through the deployment of advanced avionics systems and infrastructure improvements. It also discusses the affordable avionics solutions developed and the tiered compliance standards implemented. The presentation concludes with the significant improvement in aviation safety observed as a result of the Capstone program.

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The Capstone Experience

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  1. The Capstone Experience Investment in Safety FAA & Industry Rotorcraft Forum August Asay, Manager Anchorage Aircraft Certification Office January 31, 2012

  2. Overview • Alaska Aviation - Before Capstone • Capstone Overview • Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta – Phase I • Southeast Alaska – Phase II • “Capstone Process” • What we learned

  3. Alaska Operating Environment

  4. Alaska Operating Environment • From 1994 to 1996, there were 112 Air Carrier / Commercial Operator accidents in Alaska resulting in 19 fatalities • During the same period, there were58 business and private aviationaccidents resulting in 66 fatalities

  5. Alaska Operational Environment • National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) • Highest Occupational Fatality Rate in Nation (3X) • Aviation 2nd Leading Cause of Death • Alaska Pilots 5x (Pilots), 100x (all workers)

  6. Alaska Operational Environment • National Transportation Safety Board • 1995 Report “Aviation Safety in Alaska” • Increase IFR Operations • Increase GPS Navigation • Increase Pilot Situational Awareness

  7. Capstone Overview • Program initiated in 1998 • Designed to Improve Aviation Safety in Alaska • Deployment of Advanced Avionics System • GPS, GPS/WAAS • TAWS • ADS-B, TIS-B, FIS-B • Synthetic Vision • Improve Aviation Infrastructure • IFR Approaches and Routes (GPS, GPS/WAAS) • Weather Reporting Equipment • ADS-B Ground Stations • Communications • MITRE Reports a 47% improvement in Aviation Safety

  8. Capstone Objectives • Safety - • Improve pilot situational awareness:position - terrain - traffic • Improve access to weather and flight information • Improve IFR Infrastructure • Provide “real world” data to validate safety benefits expected from modernization

  9. Phase I – Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta • Approx. 200 Airplanes/ 1 Helicopter • VFR/Transition to IFR • Equipment • GPS • Terrain data • ADS-B • FIS/AWOS • Approaches • MITRE Report • 47% improvement in Aviation Safety

  10. Phase II – Southeast Alaska • Approx. 150 Airplanes/ 50 Helicopter • IFR • Equipment • GPS/WAAS • TAWS/HTAWS • ADS-B • FIS/AWOS • Approaches • MITRE Report • 27% improvement in Aviation Safety

  11. Industry Council

  12. Capstone Process • The “Capstone Process” leverages near term safety benefits from new and emerging technologies. • GPS • Terrain data • ADS-B • FIS • AWOS • Measurable

  13. Capstone Avionics • Had to improve Situational Awareness and Reduce Pilot Workload. • Had to be affordable.

  14. Improving Situational Awareness Terrain Depictions in Capstone MFD Aerial view of Juneau, Alaska looking down Gastineau Channel to the east

  15. Improving Situational Awareness Traffic

  16. Improving Situational Awareness Weather

  17. Affordable Avionics • 1999 RTCA Task Force 4 – Certification • Reduce Certification Costs • Compliance Standards based on Aircraft Type • Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate • Partnership FAA/Industry • Reduce Installation Costs • Approved Model List Supplemental Type Certificate

  18. Tiered Compliance Standards • Avionics certificated based on intended function and Type of Aircraft • VFR/IFR VFR Display IFR Display

  19. Tiered Compliance Standards • Avionics certificated based on intended function and Type of Aircraft • Small Single Engine to Transport Category Airplane

  20. Tiered Compliance Standards Transport Category Airplanes • Fatal Accident Rate At Time Of Rule 10-6 • Data Showed ~10% Caused By System Failures 10-1 • Assume 100 Catastrophic Failure Conditions 10-2 • Results In Probability 10-9 Small Single-Engine Airplanes • Fatal Accident Rate At Time Of Rule (IN IMC) 10-4 • ~10% Caused By System Failures 10-1 • Assume 10 Catastrophic Failure Conditions 10-1 • Results In Probability 10-6

  21. Approved Model List STC • Capstone 100+ aircraft models • Standard Method of Installation • 1 STC then Field Approve everything else • Was not going to work • FAA/Industry resources • Time

  22. Approved Model List STC • Needed a better way • AML process • Based on the Standard Avionics Process (1 STC +Field Approvals) • AC 23-22: Guidance for Approved Model List (AML) Supplemental Type Certificated (STC) Approval of Part 23 Airplane Avionics Installations

  23. What Worked – Tiered Certification Transport Category Airplanes • Fatal Accident Rate At Time Of Rule 10-6 • Data Showed ~10% Caused By System Failures 10-1 • Assume 100 Catastrophic Failure Conditions 10-2 • Results In Probability 10-9 Small Single-Engine Airplanes • Fatal Accident Rate At Time Of Rule (IN IMC) 10-4 • ~10% Caused By System Failures 10-1 • Assume 10 Catastrophic Failure Conditions 10-1 • Results In Probability 10-6

  24. What Worked – Improvement in Aviation Safety • MITRE • 47 % improvement in Safety (Capstone Phase I) • Mitre/CAASD, The Impact of Capstone Phase I Program, September 2005 • 27 % improvement in Safety (Capstone Phase II) (preliminary) • NIOSH • 57 % Decrease in Fatal Accidents - Part 135 • Mode, Nicolle, O’Conner, M., Conway, G.,Hill, R., A Multifaceted Public Health Approach to Statewide Aviation Safety, American Journal Of Industrial Medicine, Dec 2011 • Alaska Aviation • Prior to Capstone • Approx 130 Total Accidents/year • Approx 40 Fatalities/year • 2011 • 97 Total Accidents • 13 Fatalities

  25. For More Information August Asay, Anchorage ACO August.Asay@faa.gov (907) 271-2673

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