Commercial Aircraft Safety Assessment and 1309 Design Analysis

Instructor(s)

Description

Covers requirements of FARs 23.1309, 25.1309, 27.1309 and 29.1309 from fundamental analysis techniques to system integration; includes construction of failure mode and effects analysis, criticality analysis and fault trees. Includes detailed review of SAE ARP 4754 and 4761. Principles apply to all critical and essential aircraft systems.

Target Audience

Designed for Parts 23, 25, 27 and 29 system certification engineers, airframe system designers, FAA Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs), aircraft certification personnel, and military personnel procuring civil equipment.

Fee Includes

Includes instruction, a course notebook, SAE ARP 4754—Certification Considerations for Highly-Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems, SAE ARP 4761— Guidelines and Methods for Conducting the Safety Assessment Process on Civil Airborne Systems and Equipment , reference materials, refreshments and four lunches. The course notes are for participants only and are not for sale.

Attendees should bring a pocket calculator.

Fees: See fee information for individual classes in the registration column on the right side of this page.

Class Time

Class time: 28 hours • 2.8 CEUs

Course Outline

Day One

System safety basics including importance of structured systematic evaluations, system safety and reliability concepts and philosophies, understanding 1309 regulations, and accident statistics/data;
Overview of the SAE ARP 4761 Safety Assessment process for commercial aviation, aircraft and system Functional Hazard Assessments and allocating safety requirements

Day Two

System architecture concepts and design assurance levels including SAE ARP 4754 Certification Considerations for Highly-Integrated or Complex Aircraft Systems, DO-254 Certification Considerations for Airborne Complex Electronic Hardware and RTCA DO-178 Software Considerations in Airborne Systems
Preliminary System Safety Assessments
Failure rate prediction techniques and class exercise

Day Three

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)/Failure Mode Effects Summary (FMES)
Reliability block diagrams and dependency diagrams
Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) concepts, modeling techniques and examples, qualitative evaluation (cutsets), quantitative evaluation, importance measures, and software tools
Class FMEA and FTA exercise

Day Four

Common cause analysis: particular risk, zonal, and common mode
System safety assessment
MMEL analysis, in-service risk assessment, Certification Maintenance Requirements
Tailoring methods to aircraft modifications

Comments from Past Participants

"The 1309 course provides useful insight into the core aspects behind aircraft system design criteria. It links applicable design standards and related documents that provide students an in-depth awareness of critical design safety-related matters." — Brent Hopley, Royal New Zealand Air Force

Dates and Locations

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Registration Information

Mail
Aerospace Short Courses
The University of Kansas
Continuing Education
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1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1625

Phone
Toll-free 877-404-5823
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E-mail
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