A Human Factors Analysis of Fatal and Serious Injury Accidents in Alaska, 2004–2009

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• Creators:
  Williams, Kevin W.
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Crash Victims Air Transportation Crashes Fatalities General Aviation Human Factors In Crashes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-11/20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Abstract:
  "This report summarizes the analysis of 97 general aviation accidents in Alaska that resulted in a fatality or serious
  
  injury to one or more aircraft occupants for the years 2004-2009. The accidents were analyzed using the Human
  
  Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) developed by Douglas Weigmann and Scott Shappell. As
  
  found in previous studies of this nature, Skill-Based Errors were found to be the most common accident causal
  
  factor, followed by Violation, Decision-Based Error, and Perceptual Error. Comparison of the findings to
  
  previous research finds both similarities and contrasts. Recommendations for preventing accidents are provided."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute US Transportation Collection Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
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