Human Factors Implications of Unmanned Aircraft Accidents: Flight-Control Problems

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• Creators:
  Williams, Kevin W.
• 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:
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Automation
  • Aviation safety
  • Drones
  • Flight control systems
  • Human factors
  • Unmanned aircraft systems
  • UAV
  • Accidents
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-06/8
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  This research focuses on three types of flight control problems associated with unmanned aircraft systems. The three flight control problems are: 1.external pilot difficulties with inconsistent mapping of the controls to the movement of the aircraft; 2.difficulties associated with the transfer of control from one control location to another during the flight; and 3.problems associated the automation of flight control. Specific accidents associated with each type of control problem are given as examples. The accidents involve several different aircraft systems that are currently in use. Solutions for each type of control problem are offered.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58436/dot_58436_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 652.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1b45d6d688510324e238a624bd598d347ea62a88da6ef5b187ffefdef3a227e2