Abstract
An analysis of U.S. Naval controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents was conducted using the Taxonomy of Unsafe Operations, a human error accident investigation/classification scheme. From the analysis, three fundamental questions regarding CFIT were answered: 1) what causal factors characterize CFIT accidents; 2) how does the pattern of causal factors associated with CFIT differ from all other Class A accidents; and 3) given the propensity for day, as well as night, CFIT accidents, are there any differences in the causal patterns between the two? The implication of these results for the development of intervention strategies is discussed.
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - Apr 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - Columbus, OH Duration: Apr 1 1997 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Ninth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology |
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| Period | 4/1/97 → … |
Keywords
- controlled flight into terrain
- CFIT
- aircraft accidents
- pilot error
- human error
- human factors
- military aviation
Disciplines
- Other Psychology