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ACRONYMS

ATM Air Traffic Management
CAST Commercial Aviation Safety Team
CICTT CAST/ICAO Common Taxonomy Team
CNS Communications, Navigation, Surveillance
FAF Final Approach Fix
IAF Initial Approach Fix
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
ISO International Organization for Standardization
NCAA National Civil Aviation Authority
VFR Visual Flight Rules

OCCURRENCE CATEGORY ABBREVIATIONS

Abnormal Runway Contact ARC
Abrupt Maneuver AMAN
Aerodrome ADRM
ATM/CNS ATM
Cabin Safety Events CABIN
Controlled Flight into or Toward Terrain CFIT
Evacuation EVAC
Fire/Smoke (Non-Impact) F-NI
Fire/Smoke (Post-Impact) F-POST
Fuel Related FUEL
Ground Collision GCOL
Ground Handling RAMP
Icing ICE
Loss of Control – Ground LOC-G
Loss of Control – Inflight LOC-I
Low Altitude Operations LALT
Airprox/TCAS Alert/Loss of Separation/Near Midair Collisions/Midair Collision MAC
Other OTHR
Runway Excursion RE
Runway Incursion – Animal RI-A
Runway Incursion – Vehicle, Aircraft or Person RI-VAP
Security Related SEC
System/Component Failure or Malfunction (Non-Powerplant) SCF-NP
System/Component Failure or Malfunction (Powerplant) SCF-PP
Turbulence Encounter TURB
Undershoot/Overshoot USOS
Unknown or Undetermined UNK
Windshear or Thunderstorm WSTRW

PHASE OF FLIGHT ABBREVIATIONS

Approach APR
Emergency Descent EMG
En Route ENR
Initial Climb ICL
Landing LDG
Maneuvering MNV
Post-Impact PIM
Pushback/Towing PBT
Standing STD
Takeoff TOF
Taxi TXI
Uncontrolled Descent UND
Unknown UNK
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