Analysis of reportable events in Kansas City air route traffic control center

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• Creators:
  Cardosi, Kim ; Lennertz, Tracy ; Yost, Alan
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Human Factors Research and Engineering Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Voice communication
  • Air pilots
  • Air traffic controllers
  • Errors
  • Data analysis
  • Performance measurement Data Comm
  • Controller pilot data link communications
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-FAA-17-05;DOT/FAA/TC-17/11
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Kansas
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The implementation of Controller‐Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC) in domestic en route airspace will change the controllers’ and pilots’ ; tasks, which will, in turn change the types of observed errors. This study characterizes the current (pre‐implementation) pilot and controller ; errors at the expected initial implementation site for CPDLC. The analysis included 1,761 mandatory occurrence reports (MOR); 670 reports ; related to pilot/controller error—nearly 70% of these related to loss of communication. The majority (20%) of reports that included ; information on how the event was discovered involved an aircraft that was transferred into a sector without radio communications. Loss of ; communication events tended to be more frequent for General Aviation than for Commercial aircraft. Of the reports that cited a potential ; cause for the loss of communication, the most common cause was mechanical issues, followed by the failure of the controller to issue the ; frequency change or the issuing of the wrong frequency. Forty‐three Pilot Deviation occurrences were examined—the majority of these ; included a loss of communication event. Many of the identified factors could be mitigated by CPDLC. These results contribute to a baseline of ; communication performance, prior to the implementation of CPDLC, and can be compared to a future analysis of post‐implementation ; performance.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  FA16CA
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12419/dot_12419_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 357.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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