Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority
Our Mission: Promoting Safety in the Aviation industry
Safety Recommendations
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) is responsible for advancing transportation safety in the aviation sector. The AAIA conducts independent safety investigations and communicates identified risks in the aviation system to those persons or organizations best able to effect change to convince them to take remedial action to eliminate or reduce safety deficiencies. It is not the function of the AAIA to assign fault or determine civil or criminal liability.
Under the Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority Act, the regulatory authority and any entity that a recommendation is addressed must formally respond to AAIA recommendations and explain how they have addressed or will address the safety deficiencies. The AAIA evaluates the responses and their overall effectiveness, assessing them as Fully Satisfactory, Satisfactory Intent, Satisfactory in Part or Unsatisfactory, and assigning them a status of Active, Dormant, or Closed. Progress made to address AAIA recommendations is assessed by the Chief Investigator of Air Accidents on an ongoing basis. Responses to recommendations assessed to be Fully Satisfactory are assigned Closed status.
Safety recommendations are issued by the AAIA following the investigation of aviation accidents and the completion of safety studies. Recommendations usually address a specific issue uncovered during an investigation or study and specify how to correct the situation. Letters containing the recommendations are sent to the organization best able to address the safety issue, whether it is public or private.
The AAIA has various ways of communicating safety deficiencies.
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The Watch-list
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Recommendations
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Safety concerns
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Safety advisory letters
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Safety information letters
The recommendations below were sent to the following aviation organizations;
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AA Airport Authority MOTA Ministry of Toursim & Aviation
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BANSD Bahamas Air Navigation Services Division MNS Ministry of National Security
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BCAA Bahamas Civil Aviation Authority
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FIAD Family Island Airport Division (Airport Authority)
Accident # OCC-2022/0031 C6-OFM
Safety Rec# Status Recipient
SR2022-002 Open-await response Airport Authority
VOLCON # SI20-000273 MYEB
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR20-00010 Closed FIAD/AA
2019
Accident # A18-000025 C6-KID & C6-JEF
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR19-0001 Closed BCAA
SR19-0002 Closed BCAA
SR19-0003 Closed BCAA
SR19-0004 Closed BANSD
SR19-0005 Closed BANSD
SR19-0006 Closed BANSD
SR19-0007 Closed BANSD
SR19-0008 Closed BANSD
SR19-0009 Closed BANSD
SR19-0010 Closed BANSD
VOLCON # SI19-000042 MYAM
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR20-00017 Closed BANSD
SR20-00018 Closed FIAD/AA
VOLCON # SI19-00011/12 MYRP
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR19-00011 Closed BCAA
SR19-0012 Closed FIAD/AA
Accident # A19-000017 C6-IRM
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR19-0013 Closed FIAD
SR19-0015 Closed BCAA
Accident # A19-000016 C6-TIM
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR19-0014 Closed BCAA
SR19-0016 Closed Odyssey
2018
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR18-0004 Closed BCAA
SR18-0007 Closed BCAA
SR18-0008 Closed BCAA
SR18-0009 Closed BCAA
2018
Accident # A18-000002 C6-MIC
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR18-001 Reissued as SR18-004
SR18-002 Reissued as SR18-005
SR18-003 Reissued as SR18-017
SR18-004 Closed BCAA
SR18-005 Closed BCAA
SR18-013 Closed AA
SR18-014 Closed AA
SR18-015 Closed AA
SR18-016 Closed BCAA
SR18-017 Closed BCAA
SR18-018 Closed BCAA
SR18-019 Closed BCAA
SR18-020 Closed BCAA
SR18-021 Closed BCAA/SOD
SR18-022 Closed BCAA/SOD
SR18-023 Closed BCAA/AvSec
SR18-024 Closed BCAA/AvSec
SR18-025 Closed BANSA
SR18-026 Closed BANSA
SR18-027 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-028 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-029 Closed Pineapple Air
SR18-041 Closed Pineapple Air
SR18-042 Closed BANSA
SR18-043 Closed BANSA
SR18-044 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-045 Closed BCAA/Avsec
SR18-046 Closed BCAA/SOD
SR18-047 Closed BCAA/SOD
SR18-048 Closed BCAA/SOD
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR18-00030 Closed CAAB
SR18-00031 Closed CAAB
SR18-00035 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-00036 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-00037 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-00038 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-00039 Closed Airport Authority
SR18-00040 Closed Tourism & Aviation
2015
Accident # A15-004690 N44NA
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR15-001 Closed BCAA
SR15-002 Closed BCAA
SR15-003 Closed BCAA
SR15-004 Closed BCAA
SR15-005 Closed BCAA
2017
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR17-001 Closed BCAA
SR17-002 Closed BCAA
SR17-003 Closed BCAA
SR17-004 Closed BCAA
Accident # A18-000027 N8383C
Safety Rec # Status Recipient
SR18-00051 Closed National Security
SR18-00052 Closed Tourism & Aviation