Flight hazard analysis.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (b) (1) Identify all reasonably foreseeable hazards, and the corresponding failure mode for each hazard, associated with the launch or reentry system relevant to public safety, including those resulting from: (i) Vehicle operation, including staging and release; (ii) System, subsystem, and component failures or faults; (iii) Software operations; (iv) Environmental conditions; (v) Human factors; (vi) Design inadequacies; (vii) Procedure deficiencies; (viii) Functional and physical interfaces between subsystems, including any vehicle payload; (ix) Reuse of components or systems; and (x) Interactions of any of the above. (2) Assess each hazard's likelihood and severity. (3) Ensure that the likelihood of any hazardous condition that may cause death or serious injury to the public is extremely remote. (4) Identify and describe the risk elimination and mitigation measures required to satisfy paragraph (b)(3) of this section. (5) Document that the risk elimination and mitigation measures achieve the risk level of paragraph (b)(3) of this section through validation and verification. Verification includes: (i) Analysis; (ii) Test; (iii) Demonstration; or (iv) Inspection. (c) (d) (e) (f) (1) Flight hazard analysis products of paragraphs (b)(1) through (5) of this section, including data that verifies the risk elimination and mitigation measures resulting from the applicant's flight hazard analyses required by paragraph (b)(5) of this section; and (2) The criteria and techniques for

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 450.109