Accident Docket · Vol. 01 From the maker of ChrisBrain
17:06:12CAPT — is he not clear, that Pan American?
17:06:14F/O — oh yes… [pause]
17:06:47CVR — [sound of impact]
 NTSB — every rule in this book was written after a moment like this.

Ten crashes.
Ten rules.
One safer sky.

The investigative ebook that takes you inside 10 air disasters — the cockpit recordings, the wreckage evidence, the investigations — and the safety rules that exist today because of them.

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Ebook cover: Ten Crashes. Ten Rules. One Safer Sky.

Why this book exists

Every safety rule is written in hindsight

You already know these accidents. That's the point. This isn't a book that retells Tenerife or Kegworth as if you've never heard of them. It strips each accident down to the single load-bearing lesson it left behind — the rule — then shows you exactly where that rule lives today: in a regulation, a checklist line, a piece of phraseology, a bracket on an airframe. Aviation's genius was never that it avoided failure. It's that it refused to waste one. Read it in an hour. Argue with it for a week.

The docket

What's inside

PROLOGUEThe Comet, 1954 → The crack that invented the modern investigation
RULE 01Tenerife, 1977 → Ambiguity is a hazard. Kill it in the words themselves
RULE 02United 173, 1978 → Somebody must always be flying the aeroplane — the birth of CRM
RULE 03American 191, 1979 → The maintenance manual is not a suggestion
RULE 04Air Canada 797, 1983 → Fire is a countdown, not a checklist item
RULE 05Japan Airlines 123, 1985 → Design for the repair that goes wrong
RULE 06Aloha 243, 1988 → Aeroplanes age. Inspection must age with them
RULE 07Kegworth, 1989 → Confirm the failing component before you touch anything
RULE 08ValuJet 592, 1996 → You can outsource the work. You cannot outsource the accountability
RULE 09Air France 447, 2009 → Automation's failure mode is handing you the aeroplane
RULE 10Colgan 3407, 2009 → Fatigue and training are equipment
EPILOGUEThe Eleventh Crash → The 737 MAX, and the rule that governs the other ten

Each chapter: the flight · what happened · what actually failed · what changed · where it still bites. Plus an appendix: ten more rules, one line each.

Cleared for

Who this is for

Avgeeks

You already know the flight numbers. Now get the investigation detail, primary-source excerpts, and engineering context that never fits in a 15-minute video.

Student pilots

These ten cases are the origin story of the procedures you're memorizing. Understanding why a rule exists makes it stick for the checkride — and for life.

Nervous flyers

Counterintuitive but true: knowing exactly how aviation learns from failure is the most convincing case ever made that your next flight is safe.

From the book

"Aviation's genius was never that it avoided failure. It's that it refused to waste one."

Every rule in modern aviation is an artifact. Something broke, someone died, and a procedure was written in response. This book shows you where each of those rules came from — and where it still lives in every flight you'll ever take.

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Pre-flight questions

FAQ

What format is the ebook?

A downloadable PDF, readable on phone, tablet, computer, or printed. You get the file instantly after checkout through Gumroad.

Is this respectful to the victims?

Yes — that's non-negotiable. Every case is a closed, fully investigated accident, told through official reports and public records, focused on what the industry learned. No sensationalism.

Do I need any aviation knowledge?

None. Every technical term is explained in plain language the first time it appears, and there's a full glossary at the back.

What if I don't like it?

Email me within 30 days and I'll refund you, no questions asked. If the book didn't earn its price, I don't want your money.

Every rule has a story.
Here are the ten that matter most.

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