Aviation Expert Witness

AeroPacific Consulting

Expert Witness

AeroPacific Consulting can provide opinions and testimony qualifying under both Daubert and Frye standards.

Areas of expertise include:

Aerobatics
Aeronautical judgment and decision-making
Aircraft loss of control
Aircraft system-subsystem failures
Airline operations
Airline safety management
Airmanship
Airworthiness
ATC procedures
Cockpit automation
Commercial flight operations
CVR/FDR interpretation and analysis
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
Evaluation of deposition and documentation analysis
FAA regulations
Failure analysis
Flight dynamics/aerodynamics
Human factors
Medical qualifications and certificates
NTSB report analysis
Pilot error
Pilot/crew performance
Pilot/crew "standard of care"
Pilot hiring practices and employment issues
Pilot salary review and estimation
Pilot/crew training
Strict Products Liability
Design Defects
Warning Defects
Research and case preparation analysis
Terrain collision and avoidance system (TCAS)
Weather/meteorological factors
Witness interviews

Prior Cases

Provided analysis, opinions, and testimony on the following cases:

Cessna 208 Caravan inflight icing. Analysis involved:

    Design defect

    Negligence in design

    Pilot standard of care

RJ-200 take-off on wrong runway. Analysis involved:

Pilot standard of care

Airline procedures

Human factors

Cessna 421 damaged by nearby helicopter rotorwash. Analysis involved:

Derivation and engineering analysis of rotor downwash velocities and forces

FAR Part 23 certification criteria

Pilot standard of care

Standard of care of Fixed Based Operator

Injured pilot and lost job opportunity. Analysis involved:

Determination of pilot's hiring potential

Present value of pilot's lost anticipated wages

Midair collision at Reno Air Race. Analysis involved:

Engineering analysis of differential speeds of two aircraft from various video tapes

Pilot standard of care during during air race and close proximity to other aircraft

Cabin smoke in Bombardier Q400-8 resulting from engine failure. Analysis involved:

Pilot standard of care during inflight emergencies

Cabin crew standard of care to provide comfort to passengers

Airline ground staff standard of care to provide accommodations to passengers following unscheduled landing

Beech Bonanza forced landing following engine failure. Analysis involved:

Pilot standard of care under doctrine of imminent danger

Pilot standard of care to execute forced landings

Engineering analysis of optimal glide ratios and airspeeds under varying winds and aircraft configurations