5.1  Overview  5.1.1 Safety Analysis Process Flow Preparing, Performing, and Documenting a Safety Analysis  Section 5  5.1_SMSM_201607  Originally published July 2016  Uncontrolled copy when downloaded 6 1  Figure 5.1 depicts the overall process for performing the safety analysis for an existing safety  issue or a National Airspace System (NAS) change and proceeding through the administrative  process for getting the safety analysis and its associated safety requirements through the  approval process. The figure separates the safety analysis process from the documentation  approval and review process (see Section 6), in which the analysis is recorded in a Safety Risk  Management (SRM) document. Refer to Section  5.4  for additional information on SRM  documentation.