General aviation and controlled flight into terrain accidents

Details

• Creators:
  Stearns, Mary ; Bud, Melissa ; Mengert, Peter
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Accident investigation
  • Accident characteristics
  • Accident severity
  • Accident locations
  • Time of accidents
  • Human factors in accidents
  • Human factors
  • Terrain
  • General aviation
  • Controlled flight into terrain
• Resource Type:
  Proceedings
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Tenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION ; NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Abstract:
  This paper describes characteristics of general aviation (GA) accidents and identifies factors related to the occurrence of a subset of GA accidents attributed to controlled flight into terrain (CFiT). Using NTSB data from the 3 I, 790 aviation accidents that occurred between 1983 and 1994, inclusive, this research identified GA accidents that could be attributed to CFiT. Statistical analyses identified characteristics of GA CFiT accidents that may be useful for the design or modification of terrain-alerting equipment. Approximately one third of the GA accidents in instrument conditions are related to CFiT. Weather condition and pilot age were also strong predictors of the occurrence of CFiT accidents.
• Content Notes:
  Updated link with PDF
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35809/dot_35809_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 313.48 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8b123e068886d8d1e5294521516b4aaee972f1051af8ad7026bcd629b944d84d