A summary of unmanned aircraft accident/incident data : human factors implications / Kevin Williams.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Williams, Kevin W.

Contributor:

United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine

Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--Accidents.

Drone aircraft.

Aircraft accidents--Human factors.

Aircraft accidents.

Aeronautics--Human factors.

Aeronautics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (i, 14 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, [2004]

Summary:

A review and analysis of unmanned aircraft (UA) accident data was conducted to identify important human factors issues related to their use. UA accident data were collected from the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force. Classification of the accident data was a two-step process. In the first step, accidents were classified into the categories of human factors, maintenance, aircraft, and unknown. Accidents could be classified into more than one category. In the second step, those accidents classified as human factors-related were classified according to specific human factors issues of alerts/alarms, display design, procedural error, skill-based error, or other. Classification was based on the stated causal factors in the reports, the opinion of safety center personnel, and personal judgment of the author. The percentage of involvement of human factors issues varied across aircraft from 21% to 68%. For most of the aircraft systems, electromechanical failure was more of a causal factor than human error. One critical finding from an analysis of the data is that each of the fielded systems is very different, leading to different kinds of accidents and different human factors issues. A second finding is that many of the accidents that have occurred could have been anticipated through an analysis of the user interfaces employed and procedures implemented for their use. This paper summarizes the various human factors issues related to the accidents.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed October 29, 2010).

"December 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14).

Other Format:

Paper version: Williams, Kevin W. A summary of unmanned aircraft accident/incident data.

Online version: Williams, Kevin W. Summary of unmanned aircraft accident/incident data.

OCLC:

227913320