12/8/2006 FLIGHT TRAINING AND STANDARDS MANUAL
ECLIPSE 500
© Eclipse Aviation Corporation, 2006
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RISK ASSESSMENT MATRIX HANDOUT
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RISK ASSESSMENT MATRIX
Severity
Likelihood
Catastrophic Critical Marginal Negligible
Frequent
Probable
Occasional
Remote
Severity Scale Definitions
Catastrophic Accident with serious injuries and/or fatalities.
Loss (or breakdown) of an entire system or sub-
system.
Critical Accident or Serious Incident with injuries and/or
moderate damage to aircraft. Partial breakdown of
a system or subsystem.
Marginal Accident or Incident with minor injury and/or minor
aircraft damage. System Deficiencies leading to
poor air carrier performance or disruption to the air
carrier schedules.
Negligible Less than minor injury and/or less than minor
system damage. Little or no effect on system or
subsystem.
Likelihood Scale Definitions
Frequent Will be continuously experienced unless action is
taken to change events.
Probable Will occur often if events follow normal pattern.
Occasional Potential for infrequent occurrence.
Remote Not likely to happen (but could).
Risk Classification
Red High Risk - Unacceptable; requires action.
Yellow Medium Risk - May be acceptable with review by
appropriate authority; requires tracking and
probable action.
Green Low Risk - Acceptable without further action.
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