Lessons Learned from Civil Aviation Accidents

With powered flight now entering its second century, the contribution from aviation continues to have a positive influence in nearly every aspect of life. As with other advances, applying lessons from the past has yielded improvements to aviation safety worldwide. This Lessons Learned from Civil Aviation Accidents Library represents information-rich modules from selected large transport airplane, small airplane, and rotorcraft accidents. The objective of this library is to equip today’s safety practitioners with key knowledge in order to improve aviation safety.

Assisted by many individuals and organizations from the international aviation community, the FAA plans to add content to this library on an annual basis by adding additional material involving selected rotorcraft, small airplane, and large transport airplane modules.

This library, including its contents, images, and links, contains information involving aviation incidents and accidents, and may not be suitable for all audiences.