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Selected Works of Scott Shappell
Presentation
Reshaping the Way We Look at General Aviation Accidents Using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (2003)
  • Scott A. Shappell, Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
  • Douglas A. Wiegmann, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract
As part of the Federal Aviation Administration's endeavor to better understand the cause of general aviation (GA) accidents, we previously analyzed nine years (1990-98) of fatal GA accident data using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). The findings, though significant, reflected only about 20% of the total GA accidents that occurred during the time period examined. [Please see presentation for more of the abstract.]
Keywords
  • general aviation accidents,
  • Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS),
  • aircraft accidents,
  • air pilots
Disciplines
Publication Date
April, 2003
Location
Dayton, OH
Comments
This paper was published in vol. 2 of the 2 volumes set on pp. 1047-1052.
Citation Information
Scott A. Shappell and Douglas A. Wiegmann. "Reshaping the Way We Look at General Aviation Accidents Using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System" 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott-shappell/65/