SKYbrary is a

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European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, commonly known as Eurocontrol (stylised ''EUROCONTROL''), is an international organisation working to achieve safe and seamless air traffic management across Europe. Founded in 1963, Eur ...

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, and the

Flight Safety Foundation The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety. FSF brings together aviation professionals to help solve safety problem ...

to create a comprehensive source of aviation safety information freely available online. It was launched in May 2008 on a platform based on

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. The Flight Safety Foundation (a founding member) defines SKYbrary's goal as: capturing authoritative aviation industry information and create cumulative knowledge, especially with regard to critical safety issues. HindSight Magazine related to SKYbrary received the Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award in 2009 at the FSF International Air Safety Seminar (IASS).

SKYbrary's way of working

SKYbrary is driven by a risk based knowledge management approach, meaning: # Information must be in the right place at the right time. # Managing knowledge helps ensure that organizations have appropriate capabilities in place (linking ability to innovate and capacity planning). # Effective management of knowledge helps organizations share best practice more effectively, avoiding duplication of effort, whatever the daily operational constraints. SKYbrary's Management and Quality Assurance process is described in detail on Skybrary Content Management. SKYbrary uses the

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SKYbrary structure

The SKYbrary front page gives visitors access to aviation safety knowledge via three portals. Each portal then contains numerous categories of articles chosen because of their relevance to aviation safety professionals. Current categories in use:

Operational Issues

* Air Ground Communication * Airspace Infringement *

Bird Strike A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a moving vehicle (usually an aircraft). The term ...

Controlled Flight Into Terrain In aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually ) is an aviation accidents and incidents, accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a body of water or other obstac ...

* Fire * Ground Operations *

Human factors Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Primary goals of human factors eng ...

Level Bust A level bust, also known as an altitude deviation, occurs when an aircraft fails to fly at the level for which it has been cleared. A level bust is defined by EUROCONTROL as: "Any unauthorised vertical deviation of more than 300 feet from an ATC ...

* Loss of Control * Loss of Separation *

Runway Excursion A runway excursion is a runway safety incident in which an aircraft makes an inappropriate exit from the runway. This happens mainly due to late landings or inappropriate runway choice. There are several types of runway excursions: * A depa ...

Runway Incursion A runway incursion is an Aviation accidents and incidents, aviation incident involving improper positioning of vehicles or people on any runway, airport runway or its Critical_area_(aeronautics), protected area. When an incursion involves an '' ...

* Wake Vortex Turbulence * Weather * General

Enhancing Safety

Airworthiness In aviation, airworthiness is the measure of an aircraft's suitability for Air safety, safe flight. Initial airworthiness is demonstrated by a certificate of airworthiness issued by the civil aviation authority in the state in which the aircraft ...

* Flight Technical * Safety Management
Safety Nets
* Theory of Flight * General

Safety Regulations

* Certification * ESARRs * Licensing * Regulation * General

Miscellaneous

* Author's Articles * Accident and Serious Incident Reports * Help

References

External links

SKYbrary website

EUROCONTROL

ICAO

Flight Safety Foundation

DNV (Det Norske Veritas) about the Safety Imperative

Air Transport News

SKYway spring 2008
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