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Record Nr.

UNINA9910695351203321

Titolo

Human error and general aviation accidents [[electronic resource] ] : a comprehensive, fine-grained analysis using HFACS : final report / / Douglas Wiegmann ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine

Ft. Belvior, Va. : , : Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center

Springfield, Va. : , : Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, , 2005

Descrizione fisica

i, 19 pages : digital, PDF file

Altri autori (Persone)

WiegmannDouglas A

Soggetti

Aircraft accidents - Human factors - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 10, 2006).

"December 2005."

"DOT/FAA/AM-05/24."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-19).

Sommario/riassunto

The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) is a theoretically based tool for investigating and analyzing human error associated with accidents and incidents. Previous research performed at both the University of Illinois and the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute has successfully shown that HFACS can be reliably used to analyze the underlying human causes of both commercial and general aviation (GA) accidents. These analyses have helped identify general trends in the types of human factors issues and aircrew errors that have contributed to civil aviation accidents. The next step was to identify the exact nature of the human errors identified. The purpose of this research effort therefore, was to address these questions by performing a fine-grained HFACS analysis of the individual human causal factors associated with GA accidents and to assist in the generation of intervention programs. This report details those findings and offers an approach for developing interventions to address them.