Resource Document for the Design of Electronic Instrument Approach Procedure Displays

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• Creators:
  Wright, M. ; Barlow, T.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Monterey Technologies, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Instrument landing systems
  • Landing aids
  • Personnel performance
  • Air traffic control
  • Charts
  • Human factors engineering
  • Airline pilots
  • Electronic navigation
  • instrument approach procedures
  • electronic displays
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  D0T-VNTSC-FAA-95-9 ; DOT/FAA/RD-95/2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report July 1993 - December 1994
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  Instrument approach procedure (IAP) charts play a large role in contributing to the success or failure of approaches and ; landings. Paper IAP charts have been criticized for excessive clutter, for text sizes that are too small to read, and ; for inadequate terrain representation. The electronic presentation of approach information may counteract these ; criticisms by providing automatic or pilot controlled filtering of the information displayed. However, without careful ; attention to human factors issues early in the design and development of electronic lAPs (EIAPs), new problems may ; result. The goal of this project was to develop preliminary guidelines for designers and certifiers of EIAPs to assure ; that EIAPs help rather than hinder pilots during approach and landing. To identify potential hunan factors problems in ; the design of EIAPs, current paper IAP charts and the instrument approach task were studied. Pilots were interviewed ; and literature describing the information requirements of the task and the cognitive implications of the task were ; reviewed. A cognitive task analysis was performed. Specific features and functions were identified that may be ; beneficial to an EIAP. Literature was reviewed in the areas of cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, and ; aviation to identify design concepts and principles for the design of these features and functions. Guidelines were ; developed from the design concepts and principles and, finally, prototypes of EIAPs were designed in accordance with the ; new guidelines.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FA5E2/A5007
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8648/dot_8648_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f0ae96887b95b79000722c9b511de54f85ad49dd33c239cff4ab562385afdfafdb76ba55dbc4e581283180bf5634048c81ade6c7192db98f3710ec563bac809b