Steve Bentley MD of SAS (www.sassofia.com) discusses the various areas where the Maintenance Planning Process was able to become a precursor contributing to potential maintenance.

EASA commissioned a “Study on the need of a common worksheet/work card system” to evaluate the impact of maintenance documentation on the Human Factor concern.

(Specifications N°: EASA/2006/OP/25 On demand of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), BUREAU VERITAS conducted a “Study on the need of a common worksheet/work card system” from January to November 2007. The present document presents the results of this study.)

The study aimed at providing further insights on the use of documentation, the common practices in place between operators and maintenance organisations and to assess whether current rules and practices may still contribute to incidents/accidents.

Among other results, the study produced a list of incidents/accidents related to the use of maintenance documentation.