Usability and Effectiveness of Advanced General Aviation Cockpit Displays for Visual Flight Procedures

Details

• Creators:
  Williams, Kevin W. ; Ball, Jerry D.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airline pilots
  • Cockpit resource management
  • Cockpits
  • Human factors
  • Navigation
  • Visual flight
  • General aviation
  • Advanced Cockpit Displays
  • Usability
  • CDTI
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-04/20
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  Twenty-four pilots participated in a study examining the usability and effectiveness of a set of advanced general aviation cockpit displays under visual flight procedures. Use of the displays for navigation and the ability to identify landmarks were measured using both objective and subjective formats. In addition, the effect of the displays on the ability to locate traffic out-the-window was measured both objectively and subjectively. Differences were found in the ability to navigate, to locate landmarks, and in the identification of traffic, when using the advanced displays. However, use of the displays decreased the amount of time that pilots spent looking outside of the aircraft. Implications of the findings are discussed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  AM-HRR-521
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58247/dot_58247_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 663.37 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c22f7570fdd2037dbf88dfba772e10a6b73a6a63daf5f538f678d00dbba6e61d