Books and other resources about accident investigation

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@Earl_Boebert1

For the practical side, I’d recommend picking an accident of interest and going to the NTSB docket site:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/SitePages/dms.aspx

and searching for the docket. Don’t just read the final report: go through the docket and read the intermediate reports and the testimony. Then decide how you would have put together the final report.

I’m from Scandinavia and read most of the reports from the Swedish and Danish investigation boards. Could probably request copies of the same kind of information due to public information laws. But to have a public searchable database like this, wow, thats just an amazing resource. Thanks!

@Pikeman

The NZ transport investigation of the MV Rena was a thorough job. If you want to see a report truly atrocious in its construction, read the Italian investigation report on the Costa Concordia.

Thanks. Another really atrocious investigation is the one on the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic mid 90s. Reading up on how the investigation was held is quite an amazing read.

Both the book by Nancy Leveson and the one recommended by @KPChief seems interesting. Will take a look on both.