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2017, Vol. 62 No. 1 ApproachThe Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine Methods of Assessing Risks The Trouble With Increasing Performance Approach CONTENTS The Navy & Marine Corps Aviation Safety Magazine 2017 Volume 62, No. 1 RDML W. Scott Dillon, Commander, Naval Safety Center CAPT John Sipes, Deputy Commander CMDCM(SW/AW/IW) James Stuart, Command Master Chief Naval Safety Center (757) 444-3520 (DSN 564) 6 Publications Fax (757) 444-6791 Report a Mishap (757) 444-2929 (DSN 564) Multimedia Division Head Evelyn Odango [email protected] Ext. 7220 Approach Staff Nika Glover, Editor [email protected] Ext. 7257 Aviation Safety Programs Editorial Board Kimball Thompson, Deputy Director [email protected] Ext. 7226 CAPT William Murphy, Aircraft Operations [email protected] Ext. 7203 All Analyst [email protected] Ext. 7811 8 Mishaps cost time and resources. They take our Sailors, Marines and civilian employees away from their units and workplaces and put them in hospitals, wheelchairs and coffins. Mishaps ruin equipment and weapons. They diminish 10 our readiness. This magazine’s goal is to help make sure that personnel can devote their time and energy to the mission. We believe there is only one way to do any task: the way that follows the rules and takes precautions against hazards. Approach (ISSN 1094-0405) and (ISSN 1094-0405X online) is published quarterly by Commander, Naval Safety Center, 375 A Street Norfolk, VA 23511-4399, and is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Navy. Photos and artwork are representative and do not necessarily show the people or equipment discussed. We reserve the right to edit all manuscripts. 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Send your let- byline of the author (rank, first, and last name), and the unit ters, opinions, viewpoints, and comments to safe-mediafdbk@ the author is with. navy.mil. Bravo Zulu Submission Guidelines Include a smooth narrative of the event, names and ranks crew with the nominee(s) identified in the photo. Photos must of the nominees, and endorsements from the command safety be high-res (300 dpi), saved as a JPG. A phone number officer and CO. should also be included. Approach and Mech BZs must include endorsements from We cannot work the BZ until we have all these “pieces.” squadron CO and appropriate wing or MAG CO. Forgetting the chops delays processing the nomination and its Send an action photo of the candidate(s) on the job or publication. Vol. 62, No. 1 3 Approach QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT BY MAJ CURTIS ALEXANDER, VMMT-204 n Nov. 21, 1970, a joint United States Air Force and United States Army mission launched to rescue 61 prisoners of war in Son Tây, North Vietnam. The plan was extremely risky, involv- O ing an assault on a fortified enemy position, deliberately crash landing a helicopter inside the enemy camp, and no feasible rescue option in the event of failure. What did the flight risk assessment for the Son Tây raid flying with coalition partners.