Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) designed this controlled-flight-into-terrain (CFIT) risk-assessment safety tool as part of  its international program to reduce CFIT accidents, which present the greatest risks to aircraft, crews and passengers. The  FSF CFIT Checklist is likely to undergo further developments, but the Foundation believes that the checklist is sufficiently  developed to warrant distribution to the worldwide aviation community. Use the checklist to evaluate specific flight operations and to enhance pilot awareness of the CFIT risk. The checklist is  divided into three parts. In each part, numerical values are assigned to a variety of factors that the pilot/operator will use to  score his/her own situation and to calculate a numerical total. In Part I: CFIT Risk Assessment, the level of CFIT risk is calculated for each flight, sector or leg. In Part II: CFIT Risk- reduction Factors, Company Culture, Flight Standards, Hazard Awareness and Training, and Aircraft Equipment are factors,  which are calculated in separate sections. In Part III: Your CFIT Risk, the totals of the four sections in Part II are combined  into a single value (a positive number) and compared with the total (a negative number) in Part I: CFIT Risk Assessment to  determine your CFIT Risk Score. To score the checklist, use a nonpermanent marker (do not use a ball point pen or pencil)  and erase with a soft cloth. Part I: CFIT Risk Assessment Section 1—Destination CFIT Risk Factors  Value  Score Airport and Approach Control Capabilities: ATC approach radar with MSAWS .............................................................................................  0 _____ ATC minimum radar vectoring charts..........................................................................................  0 _____ ATC radar only............................................................................................................................. –10  _____ ATC radar coverage limited by terrain masking .......................................................................... –15  _____ No radar coverage available (out of service/not installed)........................................................... –30  _____ No ATC service............................................................................................................................ –30  _____ Expected Approach: Airport located in or near mountainous terrain ............................................................................ –20  _____ ILS ...............................................................................................................................................  0 _____ VOR/DME .................................................................................................................................. –15  _____ Nonprecision approach with the approach slope from the FAF  to the airport TD shallower than 2 3/4 degrees ............................................................................ –20  _____ NDB ............................................................................................................................................. –30  _____ Visual night “black-hole” approach ............................................................................................. –30  _____ Runway Lighting: Complete approach lighting system .............................................................................................  0 _____ Limited lighting system................................................................................................................ –30  _____ C-1 Appendix C Flight Safety Foundation CFIT Checklist Evaluate the Risk and Take Action