AC 120-79A

Historical

Advisory circular · Developing and Implementing an Air Carrier Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System

A newer version is currentThis is a historical version. AC 120-79A CHG 1 is the version in force, approved May 17, 2013.
Approved
September 7, 2010
Last reviewed
August 20, 2024
Cancels
AC120-79
Cancelled by
AC120-79A CHG 1
Family
AC 120-79 · 3 versions
Revision
A
14 CFR parts
121, 135, 1, 129, 91, 133, 137, 119

Guidance, not mandatory unless a rule or AD requires it. DRS record last changed November 21, 2025.

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Appendix 5 APPENDIX 5. PUBLICATIONS USED TO DEVELOP THIS AC

a. Related Documents (current editions). See http://www.airweb.faa.gov.

• Advisory Circular (AC) 00–46, Aviation Safety Reporting Program.

• AC 00–58, Voluntary Disclosure Reporting Program.

• AC 120–16, Air Carrier Maintenance Programs.

• AC 120–59, Air Carrier Internal Evaluation Programs.

• AC 120–66, Aviation Safety Action Programs (ASAP).

• AC 120–72, Maintenance Resource Management Training.

• AC 120–92, Introduction to Safety Management Systems for Air Operators.

• AC 129–4, Maintenance Programs for U.S.-Registered Aircraft Under 14 CFR Part 129.

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Order 8040.4, Safety Risk Management.

• FAA Order 8900.1, Flight Standards Information System (FSIMS).

b. Other Documents and Information Used to Prepare This AC. In addition to the references cited above, this AC was prepared using the following documents and information:

• Beyond Aviation Human Factors (1995). Daniel E. Maurino, James Reason, Neil Johnson, and Rob B. Lee. Hants, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

• Handbook of Airline Operations (2000). Gail F. Butler and Martin R. Keller, editors.

New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

• Handbook of Aviation Human Factors (1999). Daniel J. Garland, John A. Wise, and V.

David Hopkin, editors. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

• Human Factors and Maintenance Resource Management (March 7, 2002). Presented by Yosef Morgan, Applications Manager, Maricopa County Community College. Phoenix, Arizona.

• Human Factors in Aviation (1998). Edited by Earl L. Wiener and David C. Nagel. San Diego: Academic Press.

• Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents (1997). James T. Reason. Hants, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited.

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Appendix 5

• Risk Management in Aviation (March 7, 2002). Presented by Jim Hein, Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector, Honolulu Flight Standards District Office. Phoenix, Arizona.

• The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons (1993). Scott Douglas Sagan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.