National Transportation Safety Board NTSB

The NTSB performs mulfimodel, on-scene investigations of transportation-relafed accidenf s. The basis for its jurisdiction for performing an investigation is the definition of a major vehicular accident for each mode, as expressed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 49 [18]. 

In the latter years of fhe 1980s, the NTSB embarked on an extended study of heavy-tiuck safefy [19] fhaf included approximately 200 accidents involving heavy trucks satisfying fhe following two conditions [18]  

The strengths of this NTSB study are tiie comprehensiveness of fhe accidenf investigation, the good detail on truck characteristics, and its exclusive focus on trucks. In contrast, its main weakness is the limited sample of accidenfs xmder investigation, which are not representative of truck crashes in general [18]. 

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) states the railroad brakeman at Graniteville the evening before the tragedy could not remember setting the track switch in a safe position when he quit work about 7 p.m. on January 5,2005. 

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found much evidence to indicate the probable cause of the January 6, 2005, collision and derailment of Norfolk Southern train 192 in Graniteville, South Carolina, was the failure of the crew of Norfolk Southern train P22 to return the main line switch to the normal position after the crew completed work at an industry track. Contributing to the severity of the accident was the puncture of the ninth car in the train, a tank car containing chlorine, which resulted in the release of poison gas. 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 2000. Hazardous Materials Accident Brief Whitehall, Michigan, Chemical Reaction During Cargo Transfer, June 4, 1999. 

Hazardous Materials Incident Reports National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Retrieved information... 

In 1990, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) completed a study of 182 fatal-to-the-driver truck accidents to investigate the probable cause of the accidents. While the study was designed under the assumption that most fatal heavy truck crashes may be related to alcohol and other drugs, it was found that the most frequently determined probable cause was fatigue (12). A 1993 analysis of the Fatal Accident Report System (FARS) also suggested that truck driver fatigue is a contributing factor in about 30% of heavy truck accidents. 

In 1996, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was assigned the role of integrating the resources of the federal government with those of local and state authorities and the airlines to meet the needs of aviation disaster victims and their families. As a result, the Federal Family Assistance Plan for Aviation Disasters was developed and implemented. This plan describes the airline and federal responsibilities in response to an aviation crash involving a significant number of passenger fatalities or injuries (NTSB, 2006, 2007). 

National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). (2006). NTSB marks 10th anniversary of crash of TWA 800. June 29, 2006 press release from NTSB News. Retrieved March 15, 2007 from http //www.ntsb.gOV/pressrel/2006/060629.htm National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). (2007). Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance. Retrieved March 15, 2007 from http //WWW. ntsb.gov/Family/family. htm U.S. Congress. (1905). An Act to Incorporate the American National Red Cross. 59th Congress, Act 33 Stat. 599. 

Two other federal authorities, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the General Accounting Office (GAO), also have a role. The NTSB investigates reportable pipeline incidents to determine the causes and to make recommendations to the OPS for future prevention. The GAO audits the OPS for performance against its mission and makes recommendations for improvements, if needed. A report, issued by GAO in 2000, reviewed progress on pipeline safety issues by the OPS. ... 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (1991), Aircraft Accident Report Avianca, the Airline of Columbia, Boeing 707-321B, HK 2016 Fuel Exhaustion, Cove Neck, New York, January 25, 1990, Report No. NTSB-AAR-91-04, NTSB, Washington, DC. 

National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB Acting chairman says passenger ferries need an aggressive safety management system. NTSB Press Release. Office of Public Affairs. 2005 Nov. 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Natural gas pipeline rupture and fire near Carlsbad, New Mexico, August 19, 2000. Pipeline Accident Report NTSB/PAR-03/01. National Transportation Safety Board, Wahington, DC, 2003. 

This section is being added as a result of a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of a truck crash in Pennsylvania. The NTSB discovered that driver training in the areas of air brake inspection and repair was insufficient in the drivers that had driven the truck. Whenever the slack adjusters on the truck had been found to be out of adjustment, the slack adjusters were simple reset. No one attempted to find the cause of the problem (the brakes being constantly out of adjustment). 

Aircraft Operators of aircraft must notify the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of all incidents and those incidents in which a flight control system malfunctions. Operators must also report injuries or illnesses of flight crew, inflight fires, or structural failure of a turbine engine. NTSB must approve moving wreckage, contents, and records. 

Accident reports for the period 1993 through 2007 from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) database were collected from their online database. The data were extracted from . The NTSB database contains information about all aviation accidents for which a summary format is issued. All accidents are reported and there is no significant reporting bias compared to the voluntary submitted ASRS reports. 

Statistical studies from the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) show that flying is usually safer than driving an automobile. Society has accepted flight as a standard way of commuting from place to place and will put up with the stress and hassles associated with the use of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Deborah A.R Hersman sharply criticized Pinnacle Airlines Corp. for failing to provide relevant documents to NTSB personnel who were investigating a Feb 2009 commuter plane crash that killed all 45 passengers and four crew members onboard as well as one person on the ground. 

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued various Safety Recommendations on May 31, 1996. These included a recommendation that the Boeing 757 flight manual should be revised to notify pilots that Simultaneous activation of the mach speed trim and rudder ratio advisories is an indication of an airspeed discrepancy. The NTSB also required Boeing to modify the alarm system to include a caution alert when an erroneous airspeed indication is selected. Various other changes to the flight manual were also instructed. Simulator training... 

The crew were unaware of the meaning of the mach speed ratio and rudder trim alarms, because they had never seen the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) Safety Recommendations from the Birgenair 301 accident. The report into the Aeroperu accident noted pithily that the NTSB Safety Recommendations were not distributed with the necessary urgency. ... 

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