title: The National Transportation Safety Board and the investigation of civil aviation and transportation accidents.
abstract: This article is a lucid account of the mission and activities of the National Transportation Safety Board. The concept of the Go-Team or ready team of specialists available on a 3-hour basis to accident scenes is described, as is the Human Factors Investigation. General aviation accident investigations are also discussed.
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000592:standards; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D012449:Safety; D014186:Transportation / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States