State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety

State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety

Государственная комиссия по надзору за безопасностью полётов воздушных судов при правительстве СССР
Agency overview
Formed	1986
Dissolved	1992
Jurisdiction	Soviet Union
Headquarters	Moscow, Russia
Agency executive	Ivan Mashkivsky, chairperson
Parent agency	Government of the Soviet Union

The State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety (Russian: Государственная комиссия по надзору за безопасностью полётов воздушных судов при правительстве СССР, Gosavianadzor, Госавианадзор СССР) was an agency of the government of the Soviet Union, under the Council of Ministers. The agency investigated aviation accidents and incidents.^[1] After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, the former Soviet republics that joined the Commonwealth of Independent States formed the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC or MAK), the successor to the Gosavianadzor.^[2]

References

1. Kutskov, Alexey (December 1990). "Investigating Foreign Aircraft Accidents In the U.S.S.R." (PDF). Flight Safety Digest. Flight Safety Foundation. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2 February 2013.()
2. "Russian Duma calls for more state control over aviation safety." Vremya Novostey, Moscow, in the BBC Archive (BBC Monitoring International Reports). May 13, 2004. "[...]former USSR republics back in December 1991, is considered the successor to the USSR State Commission for Oversight of Aircraft Safety (Gosavianadzor)."

External links

• "Accident and Incident Investigation In Soviet Practice." (Archive) Flight Safety Digest. Flight Safety Foundation. January 1992. p. 1. Prepared by the Gosavianadzor.