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Identifying Human Factors Issues in Aircraft Maintenance OperationsMaintenance operations incidents submitted to the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) between 1986-1992 were systematically analyzed in order to identify issues relevant to human factors and crew coordination. This exploratory analysis involved 95 ASRS reports which represented a wide range of maintenance incidents. The reports were coded and analyzed according to the type of error (e.g, wrong part, procedural error, non-procedural error), contributing factors (e.g., individual, within-team, cross-team, procedure, tools), result of the error (e.g., aircraft damage or not) as well as the operational impact (e.g., aircraft flown to destination, air return, delay at gate). The main findings indicate that procedural errors were most common (48.4%) and that individual and team actions contributed to the errors in more than 50% of the cases. As for operational results, most errors were either corrected after landing at the destination (51.6%) or required the flight crew to stop enroute (29.5%). Interactions among these variables are also discussed. This analysis is a first step toward developing a taxonomy of crew coordination problems in maintenance. By understanding what variables are important and how they are interrelated, we may develop intervention strategies that are better tailored to the human factor issues involved.
Document ID
20020032686
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Veinott, Elizabeth S.
(San Jose State Univ. CA United States)
Kanki, Barbara G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Shafto, Michael G.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Man/System Technology And Life Support
Meeting Information
Meeting: 39th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: October 9, 1995
End Date: October 14, 1995
Sponsors: Human Factors Society
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-327
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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