Three years ago, swiss software engineer and pilot Miklos Kozary set out to develop an app to make aviation accident reports more accessible to pilots and aviation professionals.
“Most pilots I know study accident reports. They provide valuable lessons that can be applied to every day flying,” he said. “Unfortunately, there wasn’t a convenient way to access these reports, especially on mobile devices. The app makes it easy, so hopefully, more people will read them.”
The Aviation Accidents app allows its users to browse all the available information in the National Transportation Safety Board’s public aviation accident database on the iPad or iPhone.
A cloud-based search function lets users find the accidents they’d like to learn about by using a variety of criteria, like make and model of aircraft, location, date range, words in the findings, and many more, he explained.
Accidents can be bookmarked for later review or put on a watchlist to receive notifications when they are updated.
The app also includes a way to read and search Final Reports from the NTSB and its counterparts in Canada, Australia, the UK, and Germany. To stay up-to-date with the latest developments, the app can send out notifications when new Final Reports are released.
Users get a one-week free trial, then the app is $9.99 a year.