Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS)
ASIAS Overview
Gerardo Hueto May 2013
Accidents Have Become Less Frequent and Less Severe
32 Accidents 11 Accidents 1,023 Fatalities 518 Fatalities
2011
US Part 121 Fatal Accidents Number of Fatalities Sources: NTSB & FSF 1 50 100 150 200 265
2 But… We Need to do Better! What is ASIAS….
A collaborative Government-Industry initiative on data sharing & analysis to proactively discover safety concerns before accidents or incidents occur, leading to timely mitigation and prevention
ASIAS Data Sources
• Aviation Safety Action Proprietary Program (ASAP) ATC • Traffic Management • Flight Operations Quality Reroutes and Delays Data Assurance (FOQA) Information • Airport Configuration • Air Traffic Safety Action and Operations Program (ATSAP) • Sector and Route Structure • Manufacturers data • Procedures • Avionics data • Surveillance Data for En Route, Terminal and Airport • NOTAMs Safety Data • Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) • Runway Incursion • Surface Incident • Bureau of Transportation • Operational Errors/ Other Statistics Operational Deviation Information • Weather / Winds • Pilot Deviation Terrain and Obstacle • Vehicle or Pedestrian • Data • FAA Accident/Incident Deviation Data System • National Transportation • FAA Service Difficulty Safety Board Reports • ICAO safety reports
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ASIAS Members 44 Airlines Air Wisconsin Airlines *Evergreen International Polar Air Cargo Alaska Airlines Airlines PSA Airlines Aloha Air Cargo ExpressJet Republic Airlines American Airlines FedEx Express Shuttle America American Eagle Airlines Frontier Airlines SkyWest Airlines Atlas Air GoJet Airlines Silver Airways Cape Air Hawaiian Airlines Southwest Airlines Chautauqua Airlines JetBlue Airways Spirit Airlines CitationAir Mesa Airlines Sun Country Airlines Colgan Air Mesaba Airlines Trans States Airlines Comair Miami Air International United Airlines CommutAir North American Airlines United Parcel Service Compass Airlines Omni Air International US Airways Delta Air Lines Piedmont Airlines USA 3000 Airlines Empire Airlines Pinnacle Airlines World Airways Government Industry FAA, NASA, Naval Air Force Atlantic, AIA, ALPA, APA, A4A, Boeing, USAF Safety Center NATCA *Newest Member As of 19 April 2012 ASIAS Functional Benefits
With ASIAS, the aviation community is able to . . . • Identify Systemic Risks – Establish safety baselines of current operations – Identify known and newly emerging system vulnerabilities – Monitor safety trends • Evaluate Identified Risks – Estimate their probabilities – Assess their severities – Uncover event precursors – Diagnose event causation • Formulate Interventions – Assess the probable effects of safety enhancements through simulation studies • Monitor Intervention Effects – Assess the effectiveness of interventions (SEs) in accordance with metrics established by the CAST ASIAS Produces New Insights into Known and Emerging Risks
Understanding Contributing Factors through Data Fusion ASIAS aggregates data across multiple Traffic Tracks operators and Source: FAA National analyzes it at the Offload Program national level Minimum Vectoring Altitudes Source: Air Traffic Control
ASIAS fuses data from various sources Airport & Airspace Safety Event Locations Procedures Source: Digital Flight Data, Source: Air Traffic Control Safety Reports
Weather Source: FAA & NOAA ASIAS leverages available tools and builds new Terrain Source: National Elevation Data tools
8 ASIAS Produces New Insights into Known and Emerging Risks
Identifying TCAS Resolution Advisory Hotspots and Contributing Factors In-depth analysis of known Departures safety issues to highlight underlying causes and characterize impacts
Sensitive long-term monitoring to detect changes in known Helicopter Traffic risks or safety enhancement effectiveness
Arrivals Vulnerability discovery to highlight new safety issues for in-depth analysis and mitigation
9 Summary of ASIAS Benefits
ASIAS provides for: – A national aggregation and analysis of individual airline safety data – Integration with other available data for improved contextual picture – Achieving a predictive and prognostic ability to identify risks and issues before accidents and incidents occur
Benefits all sectors of the aviation community
10 ASIAS Participants and Responsibilities
De-identified ASIAS Commercial National-Level ASIAS Approved Findings Executive Study Issue Queries Aviation Approval Airline Safety Metrics Board Analysis De-Identified Participants Data Team (CAST) Definitions Team Responsibilities: Recommendations Identification . Develop policy Firewall
Mitigation Responsibilities: Issue . Prioritize and approve . Perform De-identified Data studies detailed FAA National- analysis . Review and Level Findings . Track disseminate findings effectiveness Joint . Uncover Implementation vulnerabilities Data Analysis Data Other Team (JIMDAT InteractionInteraction on on Metrics Metrics and andMitigation Mitigation ) Sources Responsibilities: . Assess risk . Conduct root cause analysis . Identify risk mitigations
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