SAE ARP5150

1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 How to Use This Document
  1.3 Intended Users
2 REFERENCES
  2.1 Applicable Documents
  2.2 Definitions
  2.3 Acronyms
3 SAFETY PROCESSES IN THE OPERATING FLEET
  3.1 Overview of the Ongoing Safety Assessment Process
  3.2 The Ongoing Safety Assessment Process
  3.3 The Integrated Ongoing Safety Assessment
  3.4 Related Topics
4 IN-SERVICE DATA
  4.1 The Systemic View of Safety Information
  4.2 Categories of Data
5 METHODS AND TOOLS
  5.1 Root Cause (Event Tree) Analysis
  5.2 Weibull Analysis
  5.3 Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis
  5.4 Corrective Action Scheduling
  5.5 Sensitivity Analysis
  5.6 Reliability Growth Modeling
  5.7 Human Factors Methods & Tools
  5.8 Fleet Risk Exposure Analysis
6 BEING INVOLVED IN THE AVIATION SAFETY COMMUNITY
7 CONTINUOUS VALIDATION OF ARP 5150 CONTENT
APPENDIX A - SAFETY SIGNIFICANT EVENT REFERENCE LISTS
APPENDIX B - DATA SOURCES AND PROGRAMS
APPENDIX C - QUALITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
APPENDIX D - QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT
APPENDIX E - ROOT CAUSE (EVENT TREE) ANALYSIS
APPENDIX F - WEIBULL ANALYSIS
APPENDIX G - MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS
APPENDIX H - RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELING
APPENDIX I - FLIGHT OPERATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE (FOQA)
APPENDIX J - MAINTENANCE ERROR DECISION AID (MEDA)
APPENDIX K - OPERATOR SERVICE BULLETIN PROCESS
APPENDIX M - AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
APPENDIX N - HAZARD TRACKING
APPENDIX O - LESSONS LEARNED
APPENDIX P - INVOLVEMENT IN THE AVIATION SAFETY COMMUNITY

Specifies guidelines, methods and tools used to perform the ongoing safety assessment process for transport airplanes in commercial service. Intended to support an overall safety management program.

This document describes guidelines, methods and tools used to perform the ongoing safety assessment process for transport airplanes in commercial service (hereafter, airplane). The process described herein is intended to support an overall safety management program. It is associated with showing compliance with the regulations, and also with assuring a company that it meets its own internal standards. The methods outlined herein identify a systematic means, but not the only means, to assess ongoing safety.This document does not address the economic decision-making associated with the safety management process. While this decision-making is an integral part of the safety management process, this document addresses only the ongoing safety assessment process. To put it succinctly, this document addresses the “Is it safe?” part of safety management. It does not address the “How much does it cost?” part of the safety management.This document also does not address any specific organizational structures for accomplishing the safety assessment process. While the nature of the organizational structure is significant to the quality of a safety program, this document focuses on the functions to be accomplished and does not attempt to define what the structure should be. The intent is to leave the greatest amount of flexibility to the organizations that use this document.