Cormorant CH149915 - Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
"The flight was tasked as a Night Vision Goggle training and proficiency mission for the Aircraft Captain (AC)." [more]

Griffon CH146437 - Calgary, Alberta
"Griffon Helicopter CH146437 was used as a static display aircraft for a job fair activity organised by the Calgary recruiting center and held at HMCS Tecumseh in downtown Calgary..." [more]

Hornet CF188730 - Bagotville, Quebec
"A maintenance contractor Periodic Augmentation Team (PAT) conducted a ground run on the Bagotville ramp, to operate the hydraulic system of Hornet CF188730..." [more]

Corporal Troy Randell and Corporal Frédéric Sauvageau

"...The two technicians, under their own initiative, immediately inspected the remaining aircraft on the ramp and in the hangar to ascertain if any helicopters were missing the discovered component."...[more]

Mr. Oleg Redko

"...Realizing that the individual was in immediate danger, Mr Redko rushed towards the person and physically stopped his movement approximately one metre from the spinning tail rotor."...[more]

February 2010:

FOD in the Cockpit (pdf version 148 kb)

Airworthiness Investigation Manual (AIM) (pdf 520 kb)

The AIM delineates AIA policies, procedures and instructions for Airworthiness Investigations and details how the AIA interacts within DND/CF and with persons, agencies, companies or authorities outside of DND/CF.

2009 Issue 3 (pdf version 4.2 MB):

Dossier: Thinking Outside the (Black) Box
Dossier: Tailplane Icing
Lessons Learned: The Power of Suggestion

DFS Quarterly Report - 2009 - 4th Quarter (pdf 242 kb)

2008 Annual Report on Flight Safety (pdf 819 kb)

On Target - Human Factors

"Welcome to the second installment of On Target with its focus on Human Factors ..."
(pdf version 3.1 Mb)

Change # 2 - 30 October 2008

This modification is now in force. It incorporates the addition in Chapter 1 of definitions for Air Weapons, Aircraft store and Non-expendable store.