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CONTENTS

Air Safety Through Investigation
Journal of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators
FEATURES Volume 53, Number 3

Publisher Frank Del Gandio
4 Research-Based Insights Through Accident Investigations: Editorial Advisor Richard B. Stone
The Importance of Lightweight Flight Recording Editor J. Gary DiNunno
By Beverley Harvey, Senior Investigator, International Operations and Major Investiga- Design Editor Jesica Ferry
tions, Air Transportation Safety Board of Canada; Bruce Mullen, Regional Senior Inves- Associate Editor Susan Fager
tigator, Operations, Air Investigations-Atlantic, Transportation Safety Board of Canada; ISASI Forum (ISSN 1088-8128) is published quar-
and Christina M. Rudin-Brown, Ph.D., Manager, Human Factors and Macro Analysis terly by the International Society of Air Safety
Division, Transportation Safety Board of Canada—The authors examine how the absence Investigators. Opinions expressed by authors do
of regulations in Canada to implement lightweight flight recorders for private aircraft and not necessarily represent official ISASI position
other aircraft not currently required to have crash-protected flight recorders has adversely or policy.
affected accident investigations.
9 Aviation Safety of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems in China Editorial Offices: Park Center, 107 East Holly Ave-
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16 Evolution of Mishap Prevention: Human Factors submitted with a self-addressed, stamped enve-
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Evaluation for Unmanned Aircraft Systems delete, summarize, or edit for space con-
By Elise Lagerstrom, Ph.D., Insitu Inc., Human Factors Mishap Investigator—The author siderations any submitted article. To facilitate
suggests that human factors evaluation as part of air safety investigation for unmanned editorial production processes, American Eng-
aircraft accidents and incidents lags far behind the focus on safety and mishap prevention lish spelling of words is used.
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20 Kapustin Scholar Essay—Remembering Before the Crash: tion in any form is prohibited without permis-
Nonvolatile Memory Can Change the Course of an Investigation sion. ISASI Forum registered U.S. Patent and
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By Elise Marie Vondra, University of Southern California—The author describes the not necessarily represent official ISASI position
importance to accident investigation of nonvolatile memory sources within aircraft systems or policy. Permission to reprint is available upon
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Safety in the Age of Unmanned Aviation sional air safety investigators who are members
By Thomas A. Farrier, Chair, ISASI Unmanned Aircraft Systems Working Group, and of the International Society of Air Safety Inves-
Principal Safety Analyst, ClancyJG International—The author asks if lessons from acci- tigators. Editorial content emphasizes accident
dents involving manned aircraft can be applied to make unmanned aviation safer and investigation findings, investigative techniques
and experiences, regulatory issues, industry ac-
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Although not required by regulation, a lightweight flight recording system on
board this Mitsubishi aircraft aided investigators to sequence events leading
to the 2016 collision with terrain near Îles-de-la-Madeleine Airport in Québec,
Canada (see page 4). INCORPORATED AUGUST 31, 1964
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