Aviation Safety Branch
The Naval Aviation Safety Program enhances operational readiness when it preserves the lives and enhances the well-being of its members by protecting the equipment and material they need to accomplish the mission. The Naval Aviation Safety program supports every aspect of Naval aviation. Knowledge gained here may assist other safety efforts. The program may, therefore, yield benefits and preserve resources far beyond its intended scope.
The Naval Aviation Safety program succeeds by preventing damage and injury. Potential causes of damage and injury under human control are termed hazards. The goal of the Naval Aviation Safety program is to eliminate or control hazards.
The Naval Aviation Safety Program is based on the concept of necessity, which teaches us that mishaps are the inevitable result of the antecedent causes which preceded them in time. Nothing "just happens." Thus, it should be clear that we can prevent mishaps when we eliminate their causes beforehand. Preventing injury to people and damage to equipment, requires that eliminate the hazards that cause damage and injury.
The goal of the program is to eliminate causes of damage and injury by eliminating hazards.
Aviation Program Resources
- New! - OPNAVINST 3710.7U
- New! - Operational Risk Management (ORM) Status Report Implementation Message
- NTSB Recommendation on Aviation Communication
- Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) Implementation Process
- Aeromedical Program Resources
- Bird & Animal Strike Hazard Program
- Crew Resource Management (CRM)
- Mishap-Free Flight Time Awards