(L/D)max Aviation Group

More and more there is a need for investigators to have education and training necessary to investigate maintenance-related aspects of aviation accidents and incidents. While this can be complex and challenging, the benefits of investigating maintenance aspects of accidents has become crucial to the development of safety programs. There has been a rise in operators outsourcing for their maintenance activities as the complexity of these issues also continues to increase. Even those who are familiar with basic maintenance practices must continually seek to increase their knowledge in an effort to get acquainted with the intricacies and potential pitfalls of these new organizational procedures.

Primarily, this course focuses on maintenance principles, investigative techniques and development of corrective actions. Utilizing actual incident and accident examples and case studies, this course is designed to provide attendees with the principles and techniques that can be applied to their investigations. While focused primarily on larger commercial operators, nearly all of the principles lessons and examples directly translate across the spectrum of aircraft operations, and they are applicable to all branches of aviation, including commercial operations, the military and general aviation.

This course has been designed to benefit a variety of individuals who take part in aircraft accident and incident investigations. From maintenance specialists to general investigators, there is a range of benefits to taking this course. In addition, the course is critical for all investigation and safety managers. It is also a very valuable addition to the continuing education of engineers who need to develop a basic understanding of how their designs can influence aircraft maintenance practices, in turn affecting the overall safety of that design.

While this course is not required, it is highly recommended that attendees completed a basic aircraft accident investigation course, or that they have a standard knowledge of investigative methods, processes and organizations.

(L/D)max Aviation is confident that attendees of the MXI course will receive a number of benefits that will aid in their future investigations. With an experience, knowledgeable instructor, all of those in attendance, regardless of their role in the industry, will gain valuable insight into maintenance aspects of accident investigation. Advantages of the this course include the following:

• Education of aircraft maintenance practices and processes, and the ways that those directly relate to accidents and incidents
• Understanding of the association between component and system design to maintenance-related accidents and incidents
• Develop knowledge of basic principles employed in running effective, efficient maintenance-related investigations
• Look at real-world examples to understand and strengthen classroom theory
• Apply the principles and practices learned in this course to a variety of case student from actual accidents and incidents to gain further experience in how these affect investigations
• Gain knowledge of ways to determine what factual evidence is necessary for an investigation by reviewing actual cases in which maintenance issues have led to aircraft accidents
• Learn how to evaluate previous maintenance-related investigations to gain further understanding of how/if the example investigations employed the principles discussed in the course
• Learn about viability and effectiveness of maintenance-related corrective actions, and practice evaluating corrective actions by looking at real-world examples
• Develop skills necessary to provide effective, suitable maintenance-related corrective action as it pertains to an investigation
• For those professionals who must satisfy continuing education requirements (professional engineers, medical personnel, etc.) (L/D)max Aviation provides each attendee that completes the course with an award of 3.6 CEUs.

With (L/D)max Aviation, course training will take place over the course of 4.5 days. This is classroom instruction time that includes lectures outlines and notes, up-to-date reference materials pertinent to discussions, and a final certificate of completion once all 36 hours have been completed.