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Instructor: Andy McMinn
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Biography: Mr. Andy McMinn is the President and Chief Engineer of Metallurgical Air Safety Investigations, LLC (MetASI) and has over 35 years of experience specializing in Forensic Metallurty, Falure Analysis, and Accident Investigation Services of both military and civil aircraft ranging from a U.S. Air Force B-52 Bomber to a Stevens KB-2 Gyrocopter. Mr. McMinn is a Consulting Engineer and started MetASI, LLC upon retiring from the U.S. Department of Defense. Mr. McMinn specializes in Metallurgical Consulting, Forensic Metallurgy, Failure Analysis, Aircraft Accident Investigation, Turbine Engine Accident Investigation, Aircraft/Turbine Engine Fire Investigation, and Accident Investigation Training. Mr. McMinn was a Senior Air Safety Investigator/Instructor in the Department of Transportation's Transportation Safety Institute (TSI) Aviation Safety Division located at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (MMAC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; retiring on January 2,2015 with over 31 years of Federal Service. The Aviation Safety Division conducts Aviation Safety and Aircraft Accident Investigation training for all of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aviation Safety Inspectors as well as other Government, Military, Industry, and Foreign Investigators. Mr. McMinn was with TSI as an Associate Staff Member from May 94 to July 99 and as a Staff Member from July 99 to January 2015. His primary work at TSI consisted of course design, instruction, and management. Course design included the Basic AAI, Advanced AAI, Experimental AAI, Turbine Engine AI, Human Factors in AAI and various International AAI courses. Instruction included technical lectures in structures and properties of materials, physical metallurgy, failure analysis of aircraft and turbine engine components, crash site diagramming/analysis, crash site photography (digital), aircraft reconstruction/analysis, turbine engine investigations, composite investigations, aircraft system investigations, in-flight breakup investigations, mid-air collision investigations, and in-flight/post impact fire investigations. Course management included the Basic AAI, Advanced AAI, Experimental AAI, Turbine Engine AI, and International AAI courses. Other work at TSI consisted of assisting the FAA Flight Standards District Office and NTSB Regional Offices in performing General Aviation Aircraft Accident Investigations.Prior to becoming a Staff Member at TSI, Mr. McMinn was with the United States Air Force as a Senior Materials Engineer from March 83 to July 99 in the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center's (OCALC) Materials Engineering Laboratory located at Tinker AFB, Ok. Tinker AFB is one of three Air Force Depots responsible for repair and overhaul of aircraft and turbine engines. The Materials Engineering Laboratory conducts aircraft and turbine engine failure analysis and accident investigations. Mr. McMinn's work at Tinker AFB consisted of forensic metallurgy, failure analysis, and aircraft accident investigations on USAF weapon systems; both aircraft and turbine engines. These investigations consisted of site documentation with sketches and photography, crash dynamics and aircraft reconstruction, in-flight/post impact fire analysis, failure analysis of both metallic and composite components, turbine engine failure analysis and investigations, laboratory testing, and technical report writing. Crash Investigations included the majority of modern day Air Force aircraft; A-7, A-10, ALCM, B-1B, B-52, C-5, C-141, E-3, F-4, F- 14, F-15, F-16, F-105, F-111, KC-10, KC-135, T-33, T-37, T-38, U-2 and their corresponding engines being managed and overhauled at OCALC. |