Limits of Expertise Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents

Name: Limits of Expertise Rethinking Pilot Error and the Causes of Airline Accidents
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ISBN: 9780754649656

ISBN-10: 0754649652

ISBN-13: 9780754649656

Edition: 2007

Authors: R. Key Dismukes, Benjamin A. Berman, Loukia Loukopoulos

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Why would highly skilled, well-trained pilots make errors that lead to accidents when they had safely completed many thousands of previous flights? The majority of all aviation accidents are attributed primarily to human error, but this is often misinterpreted as evidence of lack of skill, vigilance, or conscientiousness of the pilots. The Limits of Expertise is a fresh look at the causes of pilot error and aviation accidents, arguing that accidents can be understood only in the context of how the overall aviation system operates. The authors analyzed in great depth the 19 major U.S. airline accidents from 1991-2000 in which the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found crew error…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 1/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Introduction


USAir 1016 - windshear encounter


TWA 843 - the power of suggestion


American 1572 - accumulation of small errors


American International 808 - the strobe light that wasn't there


Southwest 1455 - unstabilized approach at Burbank


FedEx 14 - pilot-induced oscillations in the landing flare


Ryan 590 - a minute amount of contamination


Tower 41 - loss of control during a slippery runway takeoff


Continental 1943 - gear-up landing in Houston


American 102 - runway excursion after landing


Continental 795 - high-speed takeoff decision with poor information


USAir 405 - snowy night at LaGuardia


ValuJet 558 - 2 missing words and a hard landing short of the runway


Air Transport International 805 - disorientation, loss of control and the need to intervene


American 903 - loss of control at altitude


Simmons 3641 - over the gates and into forbidden territory


American 1340 - autopilot deviation just prior to landing


Delta 554 - undershot landing at LaGuardia


American 1420 - pressing the approach


Flightcrew-related accident data: comparison of the 1978-1990 and 1991-2001 periods


Converging themes: the deep structure of accidents


Bibliography


Index