Korean Air Flight 801 investigation/Witnesses
PUBLIC HEARING - Witness List and Schedule
KOREAN AIR
FLIGHT 801, B-747-300
AGANA, GUAM
AUGUST 6, 1997
March 24
subject to revision
March 24, 1998
Mr. Kurt Mayo
Approach Controller
Federal Aviation Administration
Guam CERAP
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications
b. Handling and observations of KAL 801;
c. Weather observations during approach of KE801;
d. Knowledge and use of MSAW at Guam;
e. Accident notification for search and rescue.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Richard Wentworth
Mr. Marty Theobald
Local Controller
Barton ATC International, Inc.
Agana Contract Air Traffic Control Tower
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Handling and observations of KE801;
c. Weather observations during approach of KE801;
d. NOTAMS and NAV/AID status at Agana;
e. BRITE display knowledge and operation;
f. Accident notification for search and rescue.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Richard Wentworth
Ms. Sherrie Ewert
Air Traffic Manager
Barton ATC International, Inc.
Agana Contract Traffic Control Tower
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Knowledge and operation of BRITE display and MSAW;
c. NOTAMS and status of NAVAIDs at Agana;
d. Accident notification for search and rescue.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE
Questioned by: Richard Wentworth
Thomas Howell
Acting Manager
National Field Support Division, AOS-600
FAA Technical Center
Atlantic City, New Jersey
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. General overview and operational characteristics of MSAW;
c. Specific history of operations and modifications to Guam MSAW system;
d. Post-accident actions at Guam and national review of MSAW systems.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Scott Dunham/Charlie Pereira
Sabra Kaulia
Deputy Director
Air Traffic Operations Program, ATO-2
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, D.C.
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Air traffic requirements and policies for MSAW;
c. FAA MSAW action plan - post accident at Guam;
d. FAA MSAW action plan - on-going and long term;
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Scott Dunham
David Canoles
Manager
Evaluations and Investigations Staff, AAT-20
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, D.C.
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. General overview and operational knowledge of MSAW;
c. Post-accident actions at Guam and national review of MSAW systems;
d. Air Traffic Quality Assurance Programs - both general and Guam specific.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Scott Dunham
Carl Schellenburg
Director
Potomac Tracon Development, ATS-20
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, D.C.
Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
FAA action plan - post accident at Guam;
FAA action plan - on-going and long term.
Exhibits: 3A thru 3EE, 13A
Questioned by: Scott Dunham
8. Lewis Zeigler
KAL Principal Operations Inspector (POI)
FAA Flight Standards District Office
San Francisco, California
Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
General overview and knowledge of FAA Part 129 oversight program;
Corrective actions in Part 129 program;
Interaction with Korean Airlines and MOCT POI;
Discrepancy resolution with Korean Airlines and MOCT;
Post accident actions at Korean Airlines and FAA
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik
(END OF FIRST DAY)
March 25, 1998
9. Captain Lee, Jung Taek
Flight Crew Operation
Korean Air
Seoul, Korea
a. Duties responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Simulator training curriculum, simulator training modules (profiles) and training scenarios;
c. Flight training procedures, crew coordination, and standard operating procedures;
d. Flight check procedures, standards, and evaluation of flight crew performance;
e. Description of route qualifications and initial operating experience (IOE);
f. Crew briefings and checklist usage;
g. Crew Resource Management (CRM) between flight crewmembers, emphasis on conducting approaches;
h. Non-precision approach procedures;
i. Automated and manually flown approaches, role and duties of flying pilot, non-flying pilot, and flight engineer;
j. Post accident actions at Korean Air.
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Malcolm Brenner
10. Park, Chun Sik
Director, Academic Flight Training
Korean Air
Seoul, Korea
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Training philosophy and how it was developed;
c. Training curriculum - precision and non-precision approaches;
d. Unusual approach training - automated vs. manually flown approaches;
e. Crew Resource Management (CRM) between pilots, emphasis on conducting approaches;
f. Initial operating experience (IOE) philosophy - describe line flying;
g. Automated and manually flown approaches;
h. Post accident actions at Korean Air;
i. Crew briefing, philosophy and procedures;
j. Post accident actions at Korean Air.
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Malcolm Brenner
11. Captain Park, Pyung-Woo
Deputy Director, Flight Operations
Korean Air
Seoul, Korea
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Korean Air flight operations and management structure;
c. Management oversight responsibilities;
d. Assessment of accident flight crew and events related to the accident flight;
e. Interaction with Korean Air and MOCT POI;
f. Accident prevention actions taken by Korean Air.
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Malcolm Brenner
12. Juan Rosario
Director
Guam Civil Defense
Agana, Guam
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Guam Emergency Response Plan and the standard operating procedures, including notification system;
c. Incident Command;
d. Post-accident response to accident site;
e. Coordination with other local and federal agencies - MOUs;
f. Post-accident changes.
Exhibits: 16A, 16B, 16C, 16H, 16I
Questioned by: Gary Hammack
13. Ciriaco C. Sanchez
Deputy Fire Chief
Guam Fire Department
Agana, Guam
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. On-scene command activities;
c. Guam Fire Department Emergency Response Plan and Disaster Preparedness Plan, including notification system;
d. Equipment/Fire Truck Maintenance Plan;
e. Post-accident changes.
Exhibits: 16A, 16B, 16C, 16I
Questioned by: Gary Hammack
14. Joseph Mafnas
Deputy Chief of Police
Guam Police Department
Agana, Guam
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Officer training for emergency response;
c. Coordination with Guam Civil Defense and participation in Disaster Plan Exercise;
d. Post-accident changes.
Exhibits: 16A, 16D, 16I
Questioned by: Gary Hammack
15. Captain Mary Humphreys-Sprague
Inspector General
U.S. Navy
Southern Command
Miami, Florida
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Observation and comments regarding the events related to accident response, both initially and post-accident;
c. Navy Emergency Response Plan;
d. Interaction/participation with Guam Disaster Preparedness Plan, including notification system;
e. Post-accident changes.
Exhibits: 16A, 16D, 16E, 16F, 16I
Questioned by: Gary Hammack
(END OF SECOND DAY)
March 26, 1998
16. Nelson Spohnheimer
National Resource Engineer for Navigation
Federal Aviation Administration
Renton, Washington
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Overview of avionics construction;
c. FAA avionics design criteria;
d. Methods used for prevention of spurious or unwanted frequency interference;
e. Evaluation of Flight 801 post-accident testing;
Exhibits: 9A, 9E, 9F
Questioned by: Gregory Phillips
17. Paul Woodburn
British Airways
Chairman, ICAO, CFIT Steering Committee
London, England
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Overview of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT)issues;
c. CFIT Training and aircraft equipment;
d. Stabilized approach philosophy and crew coordination techniques;
e. Evaluation of Flight 801 and "classic" CFIT scenario;
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Malcolm Brenner/Paul Misencik
18. Don Bateman
Chief Engineer, Flight Safety Systems
Allied Signal, Inc.
Redmond, Washington
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Overview of Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS) and Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systems (EGPWS);
c. Evaluation of Flight 801 GPWS and EGPWS simulations;
d. EGPWS availability and certification issues.
Exhibits: 2A thru 2R, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Charlie Pereira/Malcolm Brenner
19. William Henderson
Manager
Western Flight Procedures
Development. Branch
FAA Western Pacific Regional Office
Los Angeles, California
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Overview of TERPs and application to approach criteria;
c. Certification of the Guam ILS Runway 6L approach;
d. Instrument approach charting design, limitations, information;
e. Interaction with chart vendors;
f. Approach charting quality assurance;
g. Initiatives for future charts, procedures, etc.
Exhibits: 2A, 2L, 2M, 2N, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Gregory Feith
20. James Terpstra
Sr. Corporate Vice President
Flight Information Technology
and External Affair
Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
Englewood, Colorado
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Instrument approach charting design, limitations, information;
c. Interaction with FAA regarding charting information;
d. Approach charting quality assurance;
e. Initiatives for future charts, procedures, etc.
Exhibits: 2A, 2L, 2M, 2N, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Gregory Feith
21. Captain Wallace Roberts
Former Chairman, ALPA CHIPS Committee
Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)
Herndon, Virginia
a. Duties, responsibilities, and qualifications;
b. Review of FAA instrument approach charting design, limitations, procedures;
c. TERPS criteria used to develop instrument approach;
d. Initiatives for future charts, procedures, etc.
Exhibits: 2A, 2L, 2M, 2N, 12A, 13A
Questioned by: Paul Misencik/Gregory Feith