In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008,

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The ATSB did not consider this safety factor to be a safety issue as the availableevidence did not enable the investigation to conclude that there was a problem withthe process used by the ADIRU manufacturer to conduct the analysis.- 292 -
In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008,VH-QPA , Airbus A330-303
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ATSB TRANSPORT SAFETY REPORTAviatio
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Published by: Australian Transport
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3 FACTUAL INFORMATION: AIR DATA INE
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DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL INFORMATIONRepor
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TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS REPORTOccu
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CSMCSSCVRDADSDCDGACDMCDMUEASAECAMED
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RAMRTCASATCOMSAESAOSDSECSEESEUSSASS
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FCPC design limitationAOA is a crit
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associated with a master caution ch
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Figure 2: Aircraft track and key ev
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The crew decided that they needed t
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1.3 Damage to aircraftThere was sig
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• The flight crew provided inputs
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exceeding a predefined safe flight
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Table 1: Examples of ADIRU flight d
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Inertial reference partThe IR part
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ADIRS switching controlsIn normal o
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Processing by ADIRUs and FCPCsEach
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The information presented on the fl
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A system could flag its output data
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Table 4: Summary of indications for
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Figure 17: ECAM engine / warning di
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Table 6: Required actions associate
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For internal aircraft communication
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Table 7: Sequence of events (from t
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In summary, the source of most of t
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Summary of IR data for the occurren
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Figure 22: QAR plot showing oscilla
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QAR dataOverall, the QAR recorded 4
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Flight crew pitch inputsDuring manu
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They provided information for maint
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Table 11: Cockpit effect messages d
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Table 13: Troubleshooting data rela
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position 1 on QPA. Further details
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class 1 fault messages shown in Tab
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If there was a discrepancy between
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1.15 Survival aspectsInformation on
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did not identify any faults. The BI
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Comparison of the three occurrences
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1.17.2 Processes for reporting and
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2 FACTUAL INFORMATION: ELECTRICAL F
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monitored external systems that pro
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Each FCPC used a number of paramete
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AOA computation logicThe FCPC softw
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Figure 29: FCPC processing of sever
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Table 19: Characteristics of elevat
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Simulation of AOA values for the fi
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2.2.2 Review of recorded flight con
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second PRIM 3 FAULT. The role of ma
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The ACJ was built around the princi
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• It stated that the identificati
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The second part of the V-cycle invo
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• Functional requirements. These
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2.4.5 Safety assessment activitiesG
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equipment software and aircraft ins
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2.5.4 Factors associated with the i
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it is very difficult if not impossi
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applicable to highly-integrated or
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Ongoing developmentsA range of rese
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To conduct an effective fault tree
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According to this model, accidents
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3 FACTUAL INFORMATION: AIR DATA INE
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• inertial reference input/output
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3.3 Examination of data-spike patte
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Figure 38: ARINC 429 word for an AO
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3.3.4 Data-spike patterns for the 7
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Figure 43: Qualitative correlation
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etween the values of any of the fou
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3.4.3 Calculating parameter valuesA
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3.4.5 Packaging the ARINC 429 wordT
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3.4.8 Transmitting data to other sy
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ARINC 429 packaging analysisThe ADI
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component configurations of differe
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manufacturer reported such BITE dat
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3.6 Potential trigger types3.6.1 Ba
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such as liquids or small loose frag
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wires). The electric 144 field stre
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Although the investigation could no
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3.6.6 Single event effectsBackgroun
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until a few years ago, were not dir
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Unit testingIn 2005, as part of the
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that involved a NAV IR and/or NAV A
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EMI from other aircraft systems (su
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from ADIRU 1 was not correctly reco
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• Detected failure. Any failure w
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The ADIRU manufacturer’s analysis
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the aircraft and ADIRU manufacturer
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4 FACTUAL INFORMATION: CABIN SAFETY
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Summary details of the cabin crew
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section, and the ninth flight atten
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Table 29: Significant cabin communi
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Figure 48: Example of damage to the
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4.3.2 Seat belt examinationsSix pas
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The flight crew’s procedures requ
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takeoff, landing or when the seat-b
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Table 31: Levels of injuryInjury le
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4.6.4 Injuries to seated occupants
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The percentage of occupants who wer
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Statistical analyses 197 were done
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passengers reported that they had h
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that seat belts should be worn only
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4.8.2 Handholds in the cabinThe FAA
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Figure 53: Overview of the 7 Octobe
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process needs to ensure that there
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and determine whether they could le
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useful in this case. If the EFCS sp
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5.3.2 Risk associated with the fail
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• All three events occurred in a
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place. Although aviation manufactur
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equiring cabin crew to enforce the
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With the information available to t
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ADIRU 1 affected the operation of a
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6 FINDINGSFrom the evidence availab
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• As of April 2010, the LTN-101 a
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did not illuminate. The new OEB (A3
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modifications were made to its guid
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this advice. At the time of the fir
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APPENDIX A: VERTICAL ACCELERATIONST
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APPENDIX B: FLIGHT RECORDER INFORMA
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APPENDIX C: POST-FLIGHT REPORTThe f
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APPENDIX D: OTHER DATA-SPIKE OCCURR
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Occurrence on 27 December 2008Overv
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Figure D2: FDR data for the 27 Dece
Page 261 and 262: ADIRU informationADIRU 1 was the sa
Page 263 and 264: APPENDIX E: ADIRU TESTINGTest plan
Page 265 and 266: Visual inspectionsExternal visual i
Page 267 and 268: (ADR) output databuses. Loading on
Page 269 and 270: Unit 4167 passed 2,223 of 2,272 tes
Page 271 and 272: dwells (sustained testing at a fixe
Page 273 and 274: APPENDIX F: AIRCRAFT LEVEL TESTINGI
Page 275 and 276: APPENDIX G: ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATI
Page 277 and 278: cannot be ‘decoded’ by the rece
Page 279 and 280: APPENDIX H: SINGLE EVENT EFFECTSNot
Page 281 and 282: Factors affecting SEE exposureAn ai
Page 283 and 284: portions of memory are constantly b
Page 285: Depending on the form of EDAC, sing
Page 288 and 289: • crew actions: the passenger’s
Page 290 and 291: The questionnaire respondents were
Page 292 and 293: was centred across the passenger’
Page 294 and 295: Previous occurrencesThe seat belt m
Page 296 and 297: Australian turbulence eventsThe mos
Page 299 and 300: APPENDIX L: SEAT BELT USE IN ROAD V
Page 301: Table L1: Recent seat belt use rate
Page 304 and 305: US Federal Aviation AdministrationT
Page 307 and 308: APPENDIX N: SOURCES AND SUBMISSIONS
Page 309 and 310: Hanson, RJ 1987, Conducted electrom
Page 311: Tvaryanas, AP 2003, ‘Epidemiology
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