Flights of the Songbird: Lessons for Learning from Air Accidents Involving Famous Musicians

Course Number: ED-3003
Credit: 3 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Jeffrey S. Caudill, P.E., CSP
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Overview

In Flights of the Songbird: Lessons for Learning from Air Accidents Involving Famous Musicians, you'll learn ...

  • Case histories from several famous musician aviation crashes and what we can learn and apply to our daily functions as a Professional Engineer
  • H.W. Heinrich’s basic domino theory of behavior-based safety as it relates to incidents and injuries
  • Aviation regulatory agency histories and governing rules that apply to aviation
  • “Plane Sense” and other aviation tools for improved design, maintenance and ownership of planes

Overview

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Credit: 3 PDH

Length: 38 pages

Learning from past incidents can become repetitive. The author of this training module wanted to break away from the industrial theme and utilize interesting case studies from other engineering-related fields. Since the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, aviation as an engineering accomplishment has captured many imaginations.

The development of aviation over the last 120 years has gone from flying a few feet off the ground to space travel and space stations. Along with this desire to soar with the songbirds came reasonably acceptable and good engineering design and maintenance practices. Additionally, regulations and training evolved. Even with all the attention and control, accidents and incidents resulting in injury and fatalities still occur.

This course will walk you through three separate aviation accidents that killed John Denver, Glenn Miller and Ricky Nelson. When engineering design, poor maintenance, or unsafe acts occur, it does not matter what industry they happen in, there is a learning value. For the Professional Engineer considering this course, the course also includes a brief review of H.W. Heinrich’s behavior-based domino theory, application of a data trending deep dive in musician aviation incidents, regulatory bodies and regulations, and how Professional Engineers can learn from these events.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  • What caused some of the more infamous crashes involving famous musicians
  • Contributing factors to the crashes
  • Why you need to apply learnings from these aviation incidents to your planning, design and maintenance practices
  • Brief history of regulatory governance over aviation and applicable regulatory laws
  • Application of deep-dive data trending methodology
  • Important terms utilized in the field of aviation and their meaning and how they relate to Professional Engineers

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.

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Length: 38 pages

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