Contributions

  • United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine - Contributor
  • United States. Federal Aviation Administration - Contributor
  • Civil Aerospace Medical Institute - Contributor
  • University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Institute of Aviation - Contributor

Publication

2005 - Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

4,750 words, Guess

Page Count

19 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC363.12/414
  • LCCTL553.5 .H86 2005

Alternate Titles

  • Comprehensive, fine-grained analysis using HFACS

Description

The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) is a theoretically based tool for investigating and analyzing human error associated with accidents and incidents. Previous research performed at both the University of Illinois and the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute has successfully shown that HFACS can be reliably used to analyze the underlying human causes of both commercial and general aviation (GA) accidents. These analyses have helped identify general trends in the types of human factors issues and aircrew errors that have contributed to civil aviation accidents. The next step was to identify the exact nature of the human errors identified. The purpose of this research effort therefore, was to address these questions by performing a fine-grained HFACS analysis of the individual human causal factors associated with GA accidents and to assist in the generation of intervention programs. This report details those findings and offers an approach for developing interventions to address them.

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