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Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations

Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations. Tim Leslie Supervisor of Flying Operations and Training Flight Research Laboratory National Research Council Canada. A Quick Overview of the Fleet. YFR~800 hrs. 8 Aircraft…5 pilots.

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Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations

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  1. Incorporating a Safety Management System into Flight Test and Research Operations Tim Leslie Supervisor of Flying Operations and Training Flight Research Laboratory National Research Council Canada

  2. A Quick Overview of the Fleet YFR~800 hrs 8 Aircraft…5 pilots

  3. Vice President and Chief of Operations…

  4. Spitfire • Mustang • Hurricane (x 2) • Corsair • P40 • Harvard • Staggerwing • Taperwing • Tiger Moth • Fox Moth • Beaver • Lysander • Swordfish Spitfire Mustang Corsair P40

  5. A Rose is a Rose… • Military, test, research, recreational…all types of flying • TQM, CRM, SMS… • TC issues…political…sloganeering…sluffing…fox in the henhouse (dangers of self regulation)… • First principles…simply…there exists a requirement, no matter what it is called, no matter what type of flying you do; to facilitate an opportunity to record incidents in such a manner to afford some capability to learn from something other than accidents • CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL… • A simple system can help in the context of an otherwise complicated environment…but first the complicated environment

  6. Prior to discussing SMS…perhaps it is best to situate its context as it applies to our specific operations… • Who is the Flight Research Laboratory? • When were we formed? • Where are we located? • What do we do? • How do we get this job done…safely? In the meantime…you will notice some handouts…

  7. When and Where The Flight Research Laboratory formally came into existence as a section of the Division of Mechanical Engineering of the National Research Council in 1943. The Laboratory commenced research activities in 1946.

  8. Hangar U-61

  9. In-Flight Icing Research The NRC Convair 580 instrumented for cloud physics / aircraft icing research

  10. In-Flight Icing Research Convair 580- Instrumentation • State Parameters • Cloud Physics • Remote Sensing

  11. NRC Airborne W and X-bands radar (NAWX) • Fully Polarimetric and Doppler • Provides data on cloud structure, types and motion • Currently used in validation of satellite radar

  12. Hyperspectral Imaging System Pushbroom 37.7degree FOV 1.14mrad IFOV 1.8 f-number 644 spatial pixels 160 channels 850nm-2525nm range 14 bit 16ms Frame Rate CMIGIT III GPS/INS Spectral method: recording with an MCT the reflected or absorbed solar incident radiation from a target Hyperspectral: 100+ wavelengths (channels) are recorded simultaneously A “DATA CUBE” is used for 3-dimensional conception 644 Spatial Pixels Diffracted Energy Incoming Energy MCT Detector 160 Spectral Pixels Dispersion Prism

  13. High Altitude Atmospheric Research Aircraft • FRL WAKE VORTEX/JET WAKE • REGIME RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ISSUES: • enroute wake vortex:- • NRC WV measurement program: • upsets in vortex instability encounters in regulated airspace (8/13nm), medium behind heavy: 300s-1 roll accel. & 2.5g spikes • aircraft emissions:- • jet wake regime (not co-located, but adjacent to the wake vortex regime); • ICAO emissions standards tech issues include transformation with wake length • contrail microphysics:- • Jet wake condensation (to ice crystallization) – transport and transformation in ambient cross-flow

  14. Wet Runway Tests Tests were performed on the NRC Falcon 20, Nav Canada DHC-8-100 and Bombardier DHC-8-400 aircraft to determine the safety margins for landings on wet runway surfaces.

  15. Twin Otter C-FPOK • Internationally renowned atmospheric research facility specializing in: • cloud physics, atmospheric turbulence, air pollution, and remote sensing • global warming studies involving the measurement of the atmosphere-surface exchange of energy and greenhouse gases • aircraft dynamics experiments in support of university level training of aeronautical engineers

  16. Winter Storms Research This slide shows some of the research areas studied by the Twin Otter in cooperation with Environment Canada in the first Canadian Atlantic Storms Project in 1986.

  17. Air Quality Research The FRL Twin Otter has flown several air pollution studies in cooperation with Environment Canada. The 2000 MITE project investigated the plumes from the Nanticoke Hydro Electric Station and the copper refinery at Rouyn- Noranda

  18. Trace Gas Flux Measurement In the period from 1982-1986 the FRL, in cooperation with Agriculture Canada and McGill University, developed instrumentation and flight techniques to make airborne measurements of the exchange of energy and trace gases between vegetation and the atmosphere. Agriculture Canada C02/H20 gas analyzer

  19. Bell 205 C-FYZV Bell 205 Airborne Simulator: • Full authority experimental fly-by-wire system • Experiments in helicopter handling qualities, modern control systems, cockpit technologies • Helmet Mounted Display Research and Enhanced and Synthetic Vision Systems • Test pilot and engineer instruction, modern control law design and flight testing, shipborne recovery handling qualities

  20. Vision Systems Studying how the pilot and the system interact….

  21. Night Vision Research Program Lab DRDC RCMP Transport Canada Fire Suppression - OMNR

  22. Night Vision Goggle (NVG) Work The NRC B206 helicopter was retrofitted with NVG compatible lighting in 2004. Working with Transport Canada, DND, RCMP, CRESTech, Carleton University, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, QinetiQ, York University,& Adventure Lights, NRC has improved the effectiveness and safety of NVG flight in North America.

  23. Aero Medicine – Monitoring Pilot state

  24. Harvard C-FPTP • Avionics and human factors research facility: • experiments in fundamental human-machine interface related to display symbology • investigations of pilot performance in upset/unusual attitude recoveries • Economical instrumented platform for airborne systems installations and flight test instruction to universities and test pilot schools

  25. So where does SMS fit into all of this?

  26. ! For more information on this program you can go to: http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/SMS/menu.htm It is a great source for a number of basic safety aspects of flying

  27. But we are not in possession of an operator certificate, so not required to comply…sowhy are we complying? We have reviewed the information provided to us and consider that your operations are not considered as commercial air services operations which would require an Air Operator Certificate pursuant to Part VII of the Canadian Aviation Regulations…

  28. Because SMS principles are congruent with our operating philosophy… • Basic SMS Principles: • A safety issue or concern is raised, a hazard is identified or an incident or accident happens. • The concern or event is reported. • The event, hazard or issue is analyzed to determine cause or source. • Corrective action, control or mitigation is developed and implemented. • The corrective action is evaluated to make sure it is effective.

  29. The older I grow, the more clearly I perceive the dignity and winning beauty of simplicity in thought, conduct, and speech. A desire to simplify all that is complicated and to treat everything with the greatest naturalness and clarity. - Pope John Paul XXIII

  30. Not everyone liked the idea!

  31. Acceptance Issues • We live in an environment of competition…nobody likes to look bad. • We live in an environment of reluctance to accept fault…some of it is pride…some of it is a very real concern of job action; i.e. unions aren’t big on individuals accepting individual responsibility. • We live in an environment of distrust. • We live in an environment where some want to use a program to make others look bad. • There were very real suspicions when I first instituted this program in 1997…it took ten years of consistent “non attribution” and focus on “what is right…not who is right” to garner acceptance – even so, I realize one misstep will undo years of our trust building.

  32. Some early examples…

  33. Okay…it’s been reported…now what?

  34. Basic SMS Principles: • A safety issue or concern is raised, a hazard is identified or an incident or accident happens. • The concern or event is reported. • The event, hazard or issue is analyzed to determine cause or source. • Corrective action, control or mitigation is developed and implemented. • The corrective action is evaluated to make sure it is effective.

  35. What research organizations love most are data points • FRL Safety Management System Data Points Handout • CAUTION! • In the immortal words of Mark Twain…there are lies, damned lies, and then there are statistics. • One test pilot’s synopsis of the situation…

  36. In conclusion… Keep it simple, don’t focus too much on the data, don’t read too much into the data, and react in such a manner to correct the situation in an expedient and tangible way. Focus on what is right…not who.

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