Aviation accident investigation, on paper, in a box

Nobody did it on purpose.

A complete, fictional aviation accident, printed and posted to you: the cockpit voice recorder transcript, the flight data traces, the maintenance records, the radio traffic. Somewhere in the paperwork, a system had a hole in it. The first case is being assembled now.

6: Sealed envelopes
40+: Documents
6–10: Hours
1: Probable cause

HALVERN BUREAU OF AIR SAFETY HB-2214-A

PRELIMINARY NOTIFICATION

Aircraft x, operated by x, was destroyed during a night freight sector. The two flight crew were fatally injured.

This notification contains facts established as of 72 hours. It is issued for the purpose of safety, not the attribution of blame.

ENVELOPES: Six, sealed, opened in sequence
DOCUMENTS: Forty-plus, across four paper stocks
FINDING: x

In production