• Since the implementation of the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) in 1976, over 474,000 reports have been submitted by pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, cabin attendants, and other aviation personnel. 

• The ASRS is the largest repository of aviation human factors incidents in the world.

• The ASRS has an unblemished record of never breaching reporter confidentiality. 

• The ASRS has accomplished over 5,800 database searches for government agencies, students, research organizations, international organizations, aircraft manufacturers, etc.

• Since 1976, the ASRS has issued over 2,500 safety alert messages in the form of Alert Bulletins & For Your Information Notices. Approximately, 42% of the addressee responses indicated that a follow-up action was taken as a result of the safety alert message. 

• Identified and alerted the FAA Office of Aviation Safety & the NTSB to the wake vortices caused by B757 aircraft. Consequently, the FAA issued a directive requiring increased separation behind B757 aircraft and the issuance of wake turbulence advisories. 

• Identified and alerted the FAA Office of Aviation Safety & the Air Transport Association to the affects of passenger electronic devices on air carrier communication & navigation systems. 

• Issued an ASRS Alert Bulletin to the aircraft manufacturer that concerned an L-1011 electrical fire. The manufacturer subsequently issued a Flight Operations Advisory Bulletin to all L-1011 operators.

• Issued an ASRS Alert Bulletin to the air traffic managers at Los Angeles Control Tower and the Southern California TRACON concerning close-in instrument approach changes. The FAA collaborated with various manufacturers to implement a flight management system (FMS) program modification that would promptly display transitions to newly assigned runways.

• Issued an ASRS For Your Information Notice concerning the airport lighting and general conditions of the Pickens County Airport, Jasper, GA. The local FAA Flight Standards office conducted an on-site inspection of the airport and issued a warning notice to the Pickens County Commissioner to take corrective actions within 30 days of the notice.

• Issued an ASRS For Your Information Notice to the Airport Manager of Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI concerning an unsafe runway incursion incident. The airport authorities subsequently completed a project to install flashing warning lights at key runway intersections.

• Issued an ASRS Alert Bulletin to FAA Headquarters concerning a smoldering passenger's bag in a DC-10 aircraft that was caused by animal-shaped butane cigarette lighters. The FAA subsequently issued a notice to airport security personnel on the toy-shaped lighters. 

• A database search of Jetstream-31 aircraft failure incidents was forwarded to the NTSB in conjunction with the Jetstream-31 accident at Raleigh-Durham, NC. 

• A database search of EMB-120 aircraft engine incidents was forwarded to the NTSB in conjunction with the EMB-120 accident near Carrollton, GA.

• A database search of Colombian airspace incidents were forwarded to the NTSB in conjunction with the B757 accident near Cali, Colombia. 

• Accomplished a database search request for the NTSB in support of the investigation of the MD-11 accident near Halifax, Nova Scotia.