Aircraft Accident Investigation Report

43 Aviation Authority from this requirement to CATC. The persons listed for the positions of Chief Flight Instructor and Maintenance Coordinator in the Operations Specifications, advised that they were no longer working for the operator at the time of the accident. A review of the Flight Safety Division’s documentation revealed no record of an Application being made for an Aerodrome Certificate for or on behalf of the Tinson Pen Aerodrome. Surveillance Obligations The JCAA Flight Safety surveillance guidance procedures are set out in Section 18 of the Flight Safety Administration Manual (FSAM). The Flight Safety Division develops Safety & Security Oversight Surveillance Plans. The Civil Aviation Safety Oversight Reporting and Tracking System (CASORTS) is an IT based tool used for the planning, tracking and closing out of Safety Oversight Tasks. The FSAM sets out the minimum surveillance tasks to be accomplished. The FSAM states that prior to the conduct of inspections, Inspectors shall thoroughly prepare themselves for the inspections to be conducted, and shall make copies of all checklists which will be required and review their contents. The FSAM Section 18 (Flight Safety Surveillance Plans) states in Section 18.4 that: Oversight Surveillance Plans will contain at a minimum the following tasks: Type of Inspection Frequency Base Inspection 2 per year Records (aircraft) 1 per year Records (Training, PEL, Programmes) 4 per year Regulatory Audit Once every two (2) years At the time of the accident the Airworthiness Safety Oversight Surveillance Plan for 2016-2017 did not include tasks for the inspection of foreign registered aircraft being operated by certified operators in Jamaica. There was no documentation found in the Flight Safety Department files of Textron Aviation Inc. (formerly Cessna Aircraft Company) aircraft Model 172 N, Reg. No. N101KA being inspected or its records being reviewed by Flight Safety Inspectors prior to the aircraft being added to CATC’s Operations Specifications A3 (Aeroplane Authorizations). An Operations Base Inspection of the ATO was conducted on July 31, 2015. An Operations Base Inspection along with two Training Records Inspections were accomplished on July 19, 2016, however the Base Inspection was incomplete as per the Base Inspection Form FS212a used to carry out the task.