Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)

           Fly in lower than allowed weather conditions? Enter Bravo, Charlie or Delta airspace without establishing communication and recieving permission? Report the error to NASA and protect yourself from possible prosecutions.

Summary

          The ASRS is a small but important facet of the continuing effort by government, industry, and individuals to maintain and improve aviation safety. The ASRS collects voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident/situation reports from pilots, controllers, and others.

          The ASRS acts on the information these reports contain. It identifies system deficiencies, and issues alerting messages to persons in a position to correct them. It educates through its newsletter CALLBACK, its journal ASRS Directline and through its research studies. Its database is a public repository which serves the FAA and NASA's needs and those of other organizations world-wide which are engaged in research and the promotion of safe flight.

Purpose

          The ASRS collects, analyzes, and responds to voluntarily submitted aviation safety incident reports in order to lessen the likelihood of aviation accidents.

ASRS data are used to:

• Identify deficiencies and discrepancies in the National Aviation System (NAS) so that these can be remedied by appropriate authorities.
• Support policy formulation and planning for, and improvements to, the NAS.
• Strengthen the foundation of aviation human factors safety research. This is particularly important since it is generally conceded that over two-thirds of all aviation accidents and incidents have their roots in human performance errors.

  To File a report go to http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report/electronic.html
  
  ** ASRS does not protect you from all prosecutions brought about by the FAA or any other party. Filing an ASRS report right after a violation can/may help lessen your penalty.