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Air transportation safety recommendation A09-01 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Air transportation safety recommendation A09-01
Reassessment of the response from Transport Canada to Aviation Safety Recommendation A09-01
Recommendation A09-01 in PDF [125 KB]
Board Recommendation A09-01 (09 September 2009)
Transport Canada's response to A09-01 (04 December 2009)
Board assessment of the response to A09-01 (09 March 2010)
Recommendation A09-01 proposed that the Department of Transport require air carriers to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach these techniques during initial and recurrent training. However, in AC 705-007, TC indicated that it will not make this a mandatory requirement; instead it will seek voluntary compliance in addressing the identified operational hazard. Furthermore, AC 705-007 is only directed at Canadian Subpart 705 air operators, rather than being directed at all air carriers.
AC 705-007 promotes flight crew member awareness of the factors contributing to bounced landings and the proper use of bounced landing recovery techniques. However, only Canadian Subpart 705 air operators that choose to institute this training into their flight crew training syllabus will benefit. Without training being required for all air carriers, to improve crew skills and awareness of the risks associated with this manoeuvre, there continues to be a substantial level of risk to crews and the travelling public.
Transport Canada response to A09-01 (21 January 2011)
Board reassessment of the response to A09-01 (09 March 2011)
Transport Canada's response to A09-01 (30 September 2011)
Transport Canada is in the process of gathering the data required to determine the efficiency of our approach and expect to produce a report in third quarter of 2011.
Board assessment of the response to A09-01 (07 March 2012)
No new information has been made available since TC's response, dated 21 January 2011. Therefore, the assessment remains unchanged. Because the action taken will reduce but not substantially reduce or eliminate the deficiency the Board remains concerned that, without training being required for all air carriers to improve crew skills and awareness of the risks associated with the bounced landing manoeuvre, there continues to be a risk to crews and the travelling public.
Transport Canada's response to A09-01 (04 December 2012)
Transport Canada’s response to A09-01 (26 November 2013)
Transport Canada completed the data gathering in early fall 2013, and the analysis is expected to be completed by the end of fiscal year 2013–2014.
Board assessment of the response to A09-01 (02 April 2014)
No new information has been made available since TC’s response, dated 04 December 2012. Because the action taken will reduce but not substantially reduce or eliminate the deficiency, the Board remains concerned that, without training being required for all air carriers to improve crew skills and awareness of the risks associated with the bounced landing manoeuvre, there continues to be a risk to crews and the travelling public. To determine the extent to which the actions taken have mitigated the risks associated with bounced landings, additional information will be required.
Therefore, the assessment remains unchanged and is considered Satisfactory in Part.
Transport Canada's response to Recommendation A09–01 (January 2015)
Advisory Circular (AC) 705-007 – Bounced Landing Training for 705 Air Operators was intended to raise awareness of the various hazards associated with bounced landings, provide guidance on conducting bounced landing avoidance and recovery training as a recommended risk mitigation strategy and a means to encourage voluntary implementation of a formalized training program on that topic within the Subpart 705 air operator's community.
Eighteen months after the publication of AC 705-007, Transport Canada utilized a questionnaire as an initial assessment of the level of awareness of the bounced landing hazard and to measure the level of implementation of the recommended risk mitigation methodologies within the Subpart 705 Canadian operator population.
As a result of the data gathering and analysis of this initial assessment, AC 705-007 was found to be a highly effective tool at raising awareness of the hazards associated with bounced landings by improving operators' understanding of the hazards and means to mitigate the associated risks of bounced landings. The AC was not as effective at encouraging operators to formalize training in bounced landing avoidance and recovery. However, air operators have other programs such as Stabilized Constant Descent Angle (SCDA), training with and use of Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) equipment, highlighting stabilized approach criteria, and introducing bounced landings into Crew Resource Management (CRM) training scenarios to address this issue and further reduce such incidents.
In addition to issuing AC 705-007, Transport Canada will continue to assess the effectiveness of the various measures undertaken by airlines in terms of preventing, and recovering where necessary, from bounced landings, including how airlines track, analyze and implement corrective measures related to bounced landings within the context of normal surveillance activities.
Through the actions described above, Transport Canada has implemented the intent of TSB Recommendation A09-01, and no further updates will be provided.
Board reassessment of Transport Canada's response to Recommendation A09-01 (March 2015)
Recommendation A09–01 proposed that the Department of Transport require air carriers to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach these techniques during initial and recurrent training. However, in AC 705–007, which is only directed at Canadian Subpart 705 air operators, rather than being directed at all air carriers, TC indicated that it will not make this a mandatory requirement; instead it will seek voluntary compliance in addressing the identified operational hazard.
The Board is concerned that AC 705–007 was not as effective at encouraging operators to formalize training in bounced landing avoidance and recovery.
Because the action taken will reduce but not substantially reduce or eliminate the deficiency, the Board remains concerned that, without training being required for all air carriers to improve crew skills and awareness of the risks associated with the bounced landing manoeuvre, there continues to be a risk to crews and the travelling public.
Transport Canada's response to Recommendation A09–01 (November 2015)
As per the 2014 update, Transport Canada agrees with the intent of the recommendation and believes that the issue has been addressed. TC has no further activities planned on this recommendation.
Advisory Circular (AC) 705-007 - Bounced Landing Training for 705 Air Operators was intended to raise awareness of the various hazards associated with bounced landings, provide guidance on conducting bounced landing avoidance and recovery training as a recommended risk mitigation strategy and a means to encourage voluntary implementation of a formalized training program on that topic within the 705 air operator's community.
In addition to issuing AC 705-007, Transport Canada, within the context of normal surveillance activities, will continue to assess the effectiveness of the various measures undertaken by airlines in terms of preventing, and recovering where necessary, from bounced landings, including how airlines track, analyze and implement corrective measures related to bounced landings.
Through the actions described above, Transport Canada has implemented the intent of TSB Recommendation A09-01.
Board reassessment of Transport Canada's response to Recommendation A09-01 (March 2016)
Recommendation A09–01 proposed that the Department of Transport require all air carriers to incorporate bounced landing recovery techniques in their flight manuals and to teach these techniques during initial and recurrent training. However, in AC 705–007, which is only directed at Canadian Subpart 705 air operators, TC indicated that it will not make this a mandatory requirement; instead it will seek voluntary compliance in addressing the identified operational hazard.
The Board is concerned that although AC 705–007 promotes flight crew awareness of the factors contributing to bounced landings and the proper use of bounced landing recovery techniques in 705 operators, it has not been presented to other commercial operators and is therefore not effective at encouraging all other operators to formalize training and increase awareness in bounced landing avoidance and recovery.
The Board concludes that, as no further action is planned by TC to address the risks identified in Recommendation A09-01, continued reassessment is unlikely to yield results.
The TSB will continue to monitor and investigate bounced landing occurrences and communicate its findings to Transport Canada.