Korean Air Flight 801 - Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB)/Abbreviations
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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 |
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 |
SIGMET | Significant Meteorological Information |
SOF | supervisor of flying |
SOP | standard operating procedure |
STAR | standard terminal arrivals |
STARS | Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System |
TACAN | tactical air control and navigation |
TAESA | Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos, S.A. |
TAF | terminal aerodrome forecast |
TAWS | terrain awareness and warning system |
TCAS | traffic alert and collision avoidance system |
TERPS | Terminal Instrument Procedures |
TOD | top of descent |
TRACON | terminal radar approach control |
TSA | time since awakening |
TSO | technical standard order |
UTC | coordinated universal time |
VASI | visual approach slope indicator |
VFR | visual flight rules |
VHF | very high frequency |
VMC | visual meteorological conditions |
VNAV | vertical navigation |
VOR | very high frequency omnidirectional radio range |
WSR-88D | Weather Surveillance Radar-1988, Doppler |