Expert Services

Expert Services

Expert Services

Specialized Expert and Witness Services for Critical Investigations

Tym’s offers unparalleled expertise and precise investigative support for legal, insurance, and forensic scenarios across the nation. Specializing in accident analysis, equipment failures, and litigation investigations, we leverage our deep knowledge in maintenance practices and regulatory compliance to uncover crucial insights that generalists often miss.

Whether it’s oxygen system malfunctions, FAA regulatory issues, or hazardous material transport, our expert services provide the detailed analysis and reliable information needed to guide complex cases to resolution.

We work with attorneys, insurance companies, and forensic labs across the country

Tym’s is ready to assist with accident, equipment failure, or litigation investigations as a consulting expert. We work with attorneys, insurance companies, and forensic labs across the country, assisting investigations resulting from accidents.

We can assist with failure analysis by developing and testing failure modes in-house. We are regularly successful at finding missing links that generalists cannot, specifically in regard to maintenance activities.

Oxygen fires

  • Oxygen equipment malfunctions
  • Oxygen fire propagation
  • Oxygen cleaning requirements
  • Verification of oxygen cleanliness
  • Cylinder requalification

FAA Regulatory Failures

  • Maintenance practices
  • FAA Repair Station operations
  • Quality management systems
  • DER Repairs and other approved data
  • Maintenance Manual review

DOT Regulatory Failures

  • HazMat transportation
  • Dangerous Goods classification
  • Cylinder maintenance
  • Package requalification
  • Packing requirements   

Maintenance Failures

  • Oxygen maintenance procedures
  • Portable fire extinguishers
  • Cylinder rupture
  • Cylinder fires
  • Cylinder explosion

Aviation Expertise

  • Oxygen system design
  • Maintenance procedures
  • Ground support equipment
  • Component Maintenance Manuals
  • Fire extinguishing systems

Fire extinguishing systems

  • Portable fire extinguishers
  • NFPA-10 maintenance
  • Transportation and packaging
  • Halon 1301 and 1211 systems
  • Design and requalification

Consulting Expert Projects

As a consulting expert, Tym’s has a history of providing insight that garners results.

Tym’s was called to evaluate aircraft accident wreckage and the associated NTSB report. We were able to confirm that an important claim in the report was false, in part, by developing and implementing a test of incident-related equipment versus an exemplar. We found improper maintenance activity in aircraft records wherein an incorrect part was installed. These facts resulted in settling the case without litigation, in the favor of our client.

Tym’s was retained by plaintiff to assist forensic experts with identification of the source of an oxygen fire. When a creditable source was found by the forensic laboratory, Tym’s sourced exemplar materials, created a testing protocol, and performed additional analysis in-house to re-create the failure mode successfully.