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Abbreviations
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Aircraft Accident Report

FMS flight management system
FSF Flight Safety Foundation
GCD Guam Civil Defense
GFD Guam Fire Department
GPS global positioning system
GPWS ground proximity warning system
GS glideslope
HAT height above touchdown
Hg Mercury
HSI horizontal situation indicator
Hz Hertz
IAF initial approach fix
IASA International Aviation Safety Assessment
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR instrument flight rules
ILS instrument landing system
IMC instrument meteorological conditions
IOE initial operational experience
KCAB Korean Civil Aviation Bureau
kg kilogram
LOC localizer
LOFT line-oriented flight training
MAP missed approach point
MDA minimum descent altitude
MHz megahertz
MOCT Ministry of Construction and Transport
MOU memorandum of understanding
MSAW minimum safe altitude warning
msl mean sea level
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NDB nondirectional beacon
nm nautical mile
NOTAM Notice to Airmen
NPRM notice of proposed rulemaking
NWS National Weather Service
OSC on-scene commander
OST Office of the Secretary of Transportation
PAPI precision approach path indicator
PF pilot flying
PIC pilot-in-command
PNF pilot not flying
POI principal operations inspector