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Accident Investigation · Advanced

Flight Data & Cockpit Voice Recorder Analysis

Recovery, download and interpretation of FDR and CVR evidence, flight path reconstruction and animation.

180 hStudy time5Modules15Lessons120Exam questions

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$7,800

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Syllabus

  1. M01

    Recorder Fundamentals

    • 1.1Recorder types, standards and parameters
    • 1.2Crash survivability and underwater locator beacons
    • 1.3Recovery and transport of damaged recorders
  2. M02

    Data Download & Decoding

    • 2.1Data frame layouts and engineering conversion
    • 2.2Validating and synchronising parameters
    • 2.3Dealing with corrupted data
  3. M03

    Cockpit Voice Recorder

    • 3.1CVR listening and transcription protocols
    • 3.2Sound spectrum analysis
    • 3.3Privacy and legal protection of CVR
  4. M04

    Flight Path Reconstruction

    • 4.1Kinematic reconstruction from FDR
    • 4.2Integrating radar and ADS-B
    • 4.3Animation and its evidential limits
  5. M05

    Case Applications

    • 5.1Loss of control reconstructions
    • 5.2Runway excursion analysis
    • 5.3Presenting recorder findings