1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST), which includes Government officials and aviation industry leaders, have jointly chartered the CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team (CICTT). CICTT includes experts from several air carriers, aircraft manufacturers, engine manufacturers, pilot associations, regulatory authorities, transportation safety boards, ICAO, and members from Canada, the European Union, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The CICTT is chaired by a representative from ICAO and CAST.
The team is charged with developing common taxonomies and definitions for aviation accident and incident reporting systems. Common taxonomies and definitions establish a standard industry language thereby improving the quality of information and communication. With this common language the aviation community’s capacity to focus on common safety issues is greatly enhanced.
To accomplish its objectives, CICTT plans the development of the following common taxonomies and definitions in the following categories: Phase of Flight; Occurrence Categories; Aircraft Make/Model/Series tables; and Engine Make/Model/Submodel tables.
Many aviation organisations use the terms Make/Model/Submodel to identify or group aircraft engines and some organisations use different terms. The CICTT acknowledges that the use of Make/Model/Submodel will change the terminology used by some organisations; however, the CICTT requests that aviation organisations adopt standard terminology throughout the aviation industry.
The systems in which aircraft engines are identified or grouped with similar aircraft engines vary. National civil aviation authorities (NCAAs) register aircraft. These aircraft registries also list the associated aircraft engine. NCAAs also collect airworthiness data related to aircraft engine service difficulties. Aircraft accident investigators identify aircraft engines involved in aircraft accidents. The aircraft engine identification system used by an aircraft accident investigation organisation is not necessarily the same as the aircraft engine identification system used by that country’s NCAA. This has resulted in same information being identified or referenced in different ways, thereby inhibiting organisations’ abilities to share common and critical information.
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