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Aircraft Accident Report
Abbreviations
| AC | advisory circular |
| ADF | automatic direction finder |
| ADI | attitude director indicator |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| agl | above ground level |
| AIG | Accident Investigation Group |
| ALA | approach and landing accident |
| ALPA | Air Line Pilots Association |
| ARFF | aircraft rescue and firefighting |
| ARTS | Automated Radar Terminal System |
| ASR | Airport Surveillance Radar |
| ATC | air traffic control |
| ATCT | air traffic control tower |
| ATIS | automatic terminal information service |
| ATP | airline transport pilot |
| CAA | civil aviation authority |
| CAMI | Civil Aeromedical Institute |
| CDI | course deviation indicator |
| CERAP | Combined Center/Radar Approach |
| CFIT | Control controlled flight into terrain |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CRM | crew resource management |
| CVR | cockpit voice recorder |
| D-BRITE | digital bright radar indicator tower equipment |
| DFDR | digital flight data recorder |
| DH | decision height |
| DME | distance measuring equipment |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DOT/IG | Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General |
| EARTS | En route Automated Radar Tracking System |
| EMT | emergency management technician |
| EU | European Union |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAF | final approach fix |
| FAR | Federal Aviation Regulation |
| FD | flight director |
| FDAU | flight data acquisition unit |
| FDR | flight data recorder |
| F/E | flight engineer |
| FMA | flight mode annunciator |
