DOI & Interagency Aviation "Lessons Learned"

Aviation Lessons Learned are purple bordered and will be utilized to disseminate lessons learned from mishaps and their subsequent investigations.

All documents listed on this page are in PDF format.

INTERAGENCY AVIATION LESSONS LEARNED

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 22-01 Changing of the Seasons

FY 2021

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-03 Single Engine Air Tanker Operations​
​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-02 Firefighting Flight Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 21-01 Fire Boss Scooping Operations

FY 2020

​​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 20-02 Aviation Life Support Equipment (ALSE)​
​​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 20-01 Operations at Non-Towered Airports

FY 2019

​​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 19-02 Management and Aeronautical Decision Making​
​​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 19-01 The Importance of Preflight and Postflight Inspections

FY 2018

​​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-05 Dropped External Load​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-04 Bird Strikes
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-03 VFR Flight Operations / Decision Making / Risk Tolerance​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-02 Accident Lessons Learned
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 18-01 Aircraft Accident Success Story

FY 2017

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-06 Equipment Foul Lines and Foul Boxes at Airtanker Bases
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-05 Unauthorized Flight Techniques
​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-04 Near Mid-Air Collision (NMAC)​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-03 ​​Things Falling Off / Out of Aircraft​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-02 Red Dragon Plastic Sphere Dispenser (PSD)​
​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 17-01 Bell 206 B3 Ground Operations

FY 2016

​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 16-04 Fuel System Management
​Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 16-03 Smokejumper Injured During Flight Through Unexpected Turbulence​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 16-01 King Air 200 Fuel System Management 

FY 2015

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 15-04 Helicopter Dip Site Operations​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 15-03 Engine Magnetic Chip Caution Lights​
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 15-02 Fire Whirls
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 15-01 Helicopter Load Management

FY 2014

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 14-02 Eurocopter AS350/AS355 Sliding Doors
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 14-01 Haste Makes Waste

FY 2013

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 13-03 Dissemination of Accident Information
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 13-01 Fuel Planning and Management

FY 2012

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 12-01 Aircraft Fuel

FY 2011

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 11-05 Wire Strike Protection Kits
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 11-04 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 11-03 Critical Information Passdown
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 11-02 Winter Off-Airport Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 11-01 Foreign Object Damage (FOD) can kill you

FY 2010

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 10-04 Wire Hazards
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 10-03 Foreign Object Debris in Plastic Sphere Dispensers (PSD)
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 10-02 A near-miss with a wire fence and several Lessons Learned
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 10-01 Aircraft Lessons Learned - Aircraft Pre and Post Flight

FY 2009

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 09-03 Aggressive flying and Pilot Over-Confidence
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 09-02 Use of Aircraft Checklists
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 09-01 Aircraft Accident

FY 2008

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 08-05 Wind and Terrain Analysis: Mountain Flying
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 08-04 Incident With Potential (IWP): Near Wire-Strike during Fire Suppression Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 08-03 Near Mid-Air During Fire Suppression Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 08-02 Helicopter Longline Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 08-01 Single Engine Air Tanker Operations

FY 2007

Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 07-05 Aviation Flight and Maintenance Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 07-04 Unnecessary Risk Taking as Normal Behavior
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 07-03 Aviation Operations
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 07-02 FY 06 Accident 3 Aerospatiale SA-319B Alouette
Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned 07-01 Interagency Aviation Lessons Learned

DOI AVIATION LESSONS LEARNED

FY 2019

​DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 19-02 Aircraft Mishap Reporting
​DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 19-01 ​3DR Solo Master Air Screw Propellers

FY 2018

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 18-01 ​3DR SOLO UAS ISSUES

FY 2016

​DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 16-03 ​UAS Mishap Lessons Learned​
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 16-02 Aircraft Preflight and Post-Flight Responsibilities​
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 16-01 Aircraft Operating Condition

FY 2015

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 15-02 Assisted In-Flight Emergency

FY 2014

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 14-01 Documentation of Maintenance Actions

FY 2012

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 12-02 Quest Kodiak Mishap
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 12-01 Mishap Response and In-Flight Decision Making

FY 2011

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 11-02 Kodiak Pilot Operating Handbook
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 11-01 Aircraft Rental Agreement Contracts

FY 2010

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 10-03 Boats & Planes Don't Mix
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 10-02 Devil is in the Detail
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 10-01 Inadvertent Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)

FY 2009

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 09-05 Aviat Husky A-1B wing covers and fuel vents
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 09-04 Maintaining Situational Awareness
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 09-03 Supervisory Factors in Aviation Mishaps
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 09-02 Human Factors in Aviation Mishaps
DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 09-01 Aircraft Accident

FY 2008

DOI Aviation Lessons Learned 08-01 Aircraft Incident