Revised: May 2009

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Books

Adair, Bill. The Mystery of Flight 427: Inside a Crash Investigation. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002.

TL553.525 .P4 A33 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Connell, Linda J. Cabin Crew Safety Information and the NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System. Mountain View, CA: Aviation Safety Reporting System, 2000.

TL553.5 .C67 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Dillingham, Gerald Lee. Runway Safety: Progress on Reducing Runway Incursions Impeded by Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 2008.

KF27 .P89624 R8 D55 2008 BOOKSTACKS

 

Faith, Nicholas. Black Box: The Air-Crash Detectives - Why Air Safety is no Accident. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1997.

TL589.2 .F5 F35 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

Gero, David. Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950. Sparkford, UK: P. Stephens, 1996.

TL553.5 .G476 1996 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Military Aviation Disasters: Significant Losses Since 1908. Newbury Park, CA: Haynes North America, 1999.

TL553.5 .G37 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Krause, Shari Stamford. Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigations, Analyses, and Applications. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

TL553.5 .K73 1996 BOOKSTACKS

 

Leary, William M. "We Freeze to Please": A History of NASA's Icing Research Tunnel and the Quest for Flight Safety. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of External Relations, NASA History Office, 2002.

TL557 .I3 L43 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

McIntyre, Geoffrey R. Patterns in Safety Thinking: A Literature Guide to Air Transportation Safety. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, 2000.

TL553.5 .M32 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

National Research Council. Committee on the Effects of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling on Flight Safety. Aviation Safety and Pilot Control: Understanding and Preventing Unfavorable Pilot-Vehicle Interactions. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997.

TL553.6 .N38 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

Strauch, Barry. Investigating Human Error: Incidents, Accidents, and Complex Systems. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004.

TL553.5 .S77 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and technology. Aviation Safety: Can NASA do More to Protect the Public?. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O., 2008.

KF27 .S39 2007G BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation. Aviation Safety: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, November 17, 2005. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O., 2006.

KF26 .C67 A95 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Assistant Inspector General for Auditing. Final Memorandum on the Review of the National Aviation Operations Monitoring Service. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Inspector General, 2008.

TL521.312 .N366 2008 BOOKSTACKS

 

Walters, James M. Aircraft Accident Analysis: Final Reports. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

TL553.5 .W34 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

Wells, Alexander T. Commercial Aviation Safety. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

TL553.5 .W46 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Wiegmann, Douglas A. A Human Error Approach to Aviation Accident Analysis: The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003.

TL553.5 .W54 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Journals

Aerospace America

 

Aerospace Daily and Defense Report

 

AIAA Journal

 

Aviation Week and Space Technology

 

Callback

 

FAA Aviation News

 

Flight International

Internet Resources

NASA Resources

 

Bond, Tom. The Icing Branch at NASA Glenn Research Center. Dec. 12, 2008 [May 12, 2009]

http://icebox-esn.grc.nasa.gov/

 

Carmona, Mariana. Aviation Safety Reporting System. April 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/

 

Dunbar, Brian. Flight Research Projects. April 30, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/index.html

 

__________. NASA Langley Aeronautics. May 8, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/aeronautics/index.html

 

Quinn, Cheryl. NASA Ames Aeronautics Directorate. Jan. 31, 2008 [May 12, 2009]

http://aeronautics.arc.nasa.gov/

 

Springer, Tony. Aviation Safety Program. April 15, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/programs_avsafe.htm

 

Other Federal Resources

 

Federal Aviation Administration. Safety. July 15, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.faa.gov/safety/

 

National Transporation Safety Board. May 9, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.ntsb.gov/

Non-Governmental Resources

 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Air Safety Foundation. Feb. 25, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.aopa.org/asf/

 

Flight Safety Foundation. 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.flightsafety.org/home.html

 

International Civil Aviation Organization. May 1, 2009 [May 12, 2009]

http://www.icao.int/