incidents. Please tell us about a maintenance incident, which involved
you or someone else. A maintenance incident can be anything, which
could have prevented an aircraft from operating normally or could have
put the safety of a worker at risk.” A series of closed questions then followed.
Reporters were asked to indicate that they had either been
involved in the incident or had witnessed it, were asked how long ago the
incident had happened, the time when the incident occurred, the length
of the shift being worked at the time, the type of aircraft involved, and
the nature of the task (e.g., inspection, component installation, etc.).
Respondents were then presented with the following four open-response
questions: