In this activity, you will interact with the Peak Airlines crash witnesses through interviews. Open the Hub and go to the Interview Lab to conduct your interview with the witnesses.
Use deductive and inductive logic when considering the following while interviewing witnesses:
What was the purpose and importance of the witness interviews?
Based on your readings, were these interviews helpful?
Were issues surrounding the witness interviews and information collection process similar to the course material of witness interviews?
- You may export and save any notes and interview files to help support your response, notes and files may be needed for the final Virtual Crash Lab discussion in Module 8. Export your findings to the Word document and save to your folder. You should reply to at least one classmate by adding substance to others’ posts, be diplomatic, and polite.
Required Course Materials
Title: Aircraft Accident Investigation
ISBN: 978-1892944177
Authors: Richard H. Wood and Robert W. Sweginnis
Publisher: Endeavor Books
Publication Date: 2006
Edition: 2nd
Format: Textbook
Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.
Aircraft Accident Investigation (Wood & Sweginnis, 2006)
This module requires five chapters of reading in the textbook. You will be reading approximately twenty-seven pages. Please pace yourself.
- Chapter 10 – Reciprocating Engines
- Chapter 11 – Propellers
- Chapter 12 – Turbine Engines
- Chapter 13 – Aircraft Systems
- Chapter 25 – Helicopter Accident Investigation
Air Detective Tips
Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.
Air Detective Tip 15: Evidence of Propulsion and Energy (DOCX)
Aircraft & Propulsion Systems
Please read through all sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary.
Turbines & Propeller Mishap
Review these presentations, web pages, and FAA documents. Take note of the various “signatures” often found on propellers and also review the case study on an accident caused by a propeller put together by ERAU contributor Samantha Mallory. Also, in the presentations, you will see how turbine engines function as well as the effects of damage upon turbines.Aircraft Systems and Propulsion Systems (PPTX)
- Turbines (PPTX)
- Propeller Mishap (PPTX)
- FAA: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes (Props)-Chapter 12 (PDF)
