Abstract
This study analyzed Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) deployment in the Regional Services of Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention (SERIPA – Brazil) as a support tool to investigate aviation accidents. Such review is justified by the acquisition and use of this equipment and new technology by investigators since 2017. Research aim was to analyze the perception of SERIPA investigators regarding the usefulness and ease of use of the RPAS equipment. We applied an adaptation of the Theoretical Model of Technology. Methodologically, the study was characterized as exploratory and carried out through an inductive logic and qualitative approach. A case study has been done with 14 investigators belonging to six Brazilian SERIPA units. In conclusion, the respondents deem the RPAS to be useful for aircraft accident investigation, and the equipment is of easy use. RPAS was observed as a tool capable of replacing manned aircraft in some crash sites. The external variable, i.e. crash site characteristics, emerged as a factor that influences the use of RPAS, as well as the transport of RPAS in commercial aircraft.
Highlights
Towards the end of World War II, the international aviation community agreed on the need to develop common rules and standards to regulate the fast growing of civil aviation (ANAC 2016)
Respondents E6 and E7 are from SERIPA in Brasília city (Federal District – Central-western Brazil) and respondents E3 and E5 from Canoas city (State of Rio Grande do Sul – Southern Brazil)
When evaluating the perception of Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) usefulness, according to the investigators, we concluded the RPAS can be applied in an investigation of aviation accidents as a support tool
Summary
Towards the end of World War II, the international aviation community agreed on the need to develop common rules and standards to regulate the fast growing of civil aviation (ANAC 2016). The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) enacted the International Civil Aviation Convention in 1944 in order to develop aviation safely and systematically (Brasil 1946). Among the annexes to the Chicago Convention, Annex 13 recommended that Member States should adopt procedures to carry out the investigation of aviation accidents with the exclusive goal of preventing new occurrences. In Brazil, the Center of Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (CENIPA) is the Agency of Air Force Command responsible for investigating activities of aviation occurrences in civil aviation and the Brazilian air force.
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