Human error in aviation operationsThe role of human error in commercial and general aviation accidents and the techniques used to evaluate it are reviewed from a human-factors perspective. Topics addressed include the general decline in accidents per million departures since the 1960s, the increase in the proportion of accidents due to human error, methods for studying error, theoretical error models, and the design of error-resistant systems. Consideration is given to information acquisition and processing errors, visually guided flight, disorientation, instrument-assisted guidance, communication errors, decision errors, debiasing, and action errors.
Document ID
19890047069
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Nagel, David C. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)