The Effect of Instrument Approach Procedure Chart Design on Pilot Search Speed and Response Accuracy - Flight Test Results

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• Creators:
  Huntley, M. Stephen, Jr. ; Osborne, D.W. ; Turner, J. W. ; Donovan, C. M.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Unisys Corporation ; Battelle Memorial Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airborne navigational aids
  • Airline pilots
  • Cockpit resource management
  • Information management
  • Instrument flying
  • Instrument landing systems
  • instrument approach procedure charts
  • prototype charts
  • briefing strip
  • icons
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FAA-95-13 ; DOT/FAA/AR-95/8
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report January 1994 - December 1994
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  Instrument approach procedure (IAP) charts can be densely packed with information. This high information density can ; make information difficult to find, particularly in a poorly lit cockpit during turbulence. The Voipe Center's Cockpit ; Hunan Factors Program conducted a series of evaluations to format IAP chart information to more closely conform to the ; way pilots actually use the information. All of this work has contributed to the evolution of the Voipe prototype IAP ; chart format. The prototype's major design features are the briefing strip and iconic missed approach procedure ; instructions. The briefing strip consists of three rows of tabularized information at the top of the chart. This feature ; is designed primarily for use in preparing for the approach. Each Information element is given in the order in which it ; will be used. The pilot no longer has to search through the entire chart to assemble this data. In the profile view, the ; "up and out" portion of the missed approach instructions is depicted in icons rather than text. This critical ; information is more easily located than if it were embedded in text. The objective of this study was to determine if the ; prototype IAP chart format would allow pilots to find information faster and more accurately during actual flight. Ten ; licensed pilots rated for instrument flight participated as subjects in this experiment. Each of the approaches were ; depicted in two chart formats: National Ocean Service (NOS) and the Voipe prototype. ; Pilots took advantage of the prototype's briefing strip to search for information to answer questions. They found ; Information faster on the prototype chart than on the NOS chart. No difference was found between the accuracy of the ; answers given when pilots used the prototype and when they used the H0S format. Pilots found information regarding the ; "up and out" portion of the missed approach instructions faster when they used the iconic missed approach instructions ; on the prototype chart than when they used text instructions on the H0S chart. All pilots preferred the prototype format ; for executing the missed approach because of the iconic instructions. Most pilots preferred the prototype format for ; studying for the approach. None of the pilots preferred the NOS format for executing any approach phase.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FA5 E2 / A5 0 0 7
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8650/dot_8650_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.98 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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