Classification	Level Property Damage			Injury
Type A Mishap	Total direct cost of mission failure	Occupational injury or illness
		and property damage of $2,000,000	resulting in A fatality
		or more,				or
		or					A permanent total disability.
		Crewed aircraft or spacecraft hull
		loss,
		or
		Unexpected aircraft or spacecraft
		departure from controlled flight for all
		aircraft except when departure from
		controlled flight has been pre-briefed
		(e.g., upset recovery training, high
		Angle of Attack (AOA) envelope
		testing, aerobatics, or Out of
		Controlled Flight (OCF) for training)
		or mitigated through the flight test
		process inherent at each Center.



Type B Mishap	Total direct cost of mission failure	A permanent partial disability
		and property damage of at least		or
		$500,000, but less than $2,000,000.	Hospitalization for inpatient
		Occupational injury or illness		care of three or more people
		resulting in				within 30 workdays of the mishap.


Type C Mishap	Total direct cost of mission failure	Nonfatal OSHA-recordable
		and property damage of at least		occupational injury or illness
		$50,000, but less than $500,000.	resulting in days away from
							work, or restricted duty, or
							transfer to another job beyond
							the day or shift on which it
							occurred.
							or
							Hospitalization for inpatient
							care of one or two people
							within 30 workdays of the
							mishap.

Type D Mishap	Total direct cost of mission failure	Nonfatal OSHA-recordable
		and property damage of at least		occupational injury or illness
		$20,000, but less than $50,000.		that does not meet the
							definition of a Type C mishap.

Close Call	Total direct cost of mission failure	Injury requiring first aid or
		and property damage of less than	less, but event has the
		$20,000, but event has the mishap	mishap potential using a
		potential using a worst case estimate.	worst case estimate.