This paper reviews NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System incident data for a two-year period in order to identify the frequency of air-ground information transfer errors and the factors associated with their occurrence. Of the more than 14,000 primary reports received during the 1985 and 1986 reporting period, one out of four reports concerned problems of information transfer between aircraft and ATC. Approximately half of these errors were associated directly or indirectly with aircraft deviations from assigned heading or altitude. The majority of incidents cited some human-system problem such as workload, cockpit distractions, etc., as the primary contributing factor. Improvements in air-ground information transfer using existing and future (e.g., data link) technology are proposed centering on the development and application of user-centered information management principles.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Air-ground information transfer in the National Airspace System


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Symposium on Aviation Psychology ; 1989 ; Columbus, OH, United States


    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Integrated Air/Ground Communications In The National Airspace System

    Pitts, R. N. / Kulikowski, A. J. / Air Traffic Control Association | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1989