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The limits of expertise : rethinking pilot error and the causes of airline accidents / R. Key Dismukes, Benjamin A. Berman, Loukia D. Loukopoulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dismukes, Key, author.
- Series:
- Ashgate studies in human factors for flight operations.
- Ashgate studies in human factors for flight operations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aircraft accidents--Human factors--Case studies.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Aircraft accidents--Investigation--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Taylor and Francis 2017
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Limits of Expertise reports a study of the 19 major U.S. airline accidents from 1991-2000 in which the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found crew error to be a causal factor. Each accident is reported in a separate chapter that examines events and crew actions and explores the cognitive processes in play at each step.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 USAir 1016 - Windshear Encounter; 2 TWA 843 - The Power of Suggestion; 3 American 1572 - Accumulation of Small Errors; 4 American International 808 - The Strobe Light that Wasn't There; 5 Southwest 1455 - Unstabilized Approach at Burbank; 6 FedEx 14 - Pilot-Induced Oscillations in the Landing Flare; 7 Ryan 590 - A Minute Amount of Contamination; 8 Tower 41 - Loss of Control During a Slippery Runway Takeoff; 9 Continental 1943 - Gear-Up Landing in Houston
- 10 American 102 - Runway Excursion After Landing11 Continental 795 - High-Speed Takeoff Decision with Poor Information; 12 USAir 405 - Snowy Night at LaGuardia; 13 ValuJet 558 - Two Missing Words and a Hard Landing Short of the Runway; 14 Air Transport International 805 - Disorientation, Loss of Control and the Need to Intervene; 15 American 903 - Loss of Control at Altitude; 16 Simmons 3641 - Over the Gates and into Forbidden Territory; 17 American 1340 - Autopilot Deviation Just Prior to Landing; 18 Delta 554 - Undershot Landing at LaGuardia; 19 American 1420 - Pressing the Approach
- 20 Flightcrew-Related Accident Data: Comparison of the 1978-1990 and 1991-2001 Periods21 Converging Themes: The Deep Structure of Accidents; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-351-88669-X
- 1-315-23865-9
- 1-351-88670-3
- 1-281-09914-7
- 9786611099145
- 0-7546-8574-8
- 9781315238654
- OCLC:
- 290512253
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