Causes of general aviation weather-related, non-fatal incidents: analysis using NASA aviation safety reporting system data

Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, [2010] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)708396923 Subject: Aircraft accidents -- Research. Excerpt: ... 3 ) Mu ltip le w e a th e r fa c to rs e x p e rie n c e d sim u lta n e o u sly rEsulTs ( Fig u re 3 ) 4 ) Fa ilu re to g e t a preflight weather briefing, o r " b rie f-Pre lim in a ry Co n c lu sio n s in g " w ith o n ly a lo w-g ra d e ( n o n-a v ia tio n-o rie n te d ) An e n d e m ic p ro b le m in d a ta-m in in g stu d ie s is th a t so u rc e ( Fig u re 4, Ta b le 2 ) re su lts c a n se e m sc a tte re d a n d d isjo in te d b e c a u se w e a re 5 ) G e n e ra l d e te rio ra tio n o f weather forecast accuracy lo o k in g fo r m a n y re su lts o f m a n y so rts. On e so lu tio n o v e r tim e ( Ta b le 3 ) to th is p ro b le m is to la y o u t b rie f c o n c lu sio n s fi rst, fo l-6 ) W e a th e r th a t m a te ria liz e d worse than predicted lo w e d b y d e ta ile d a n a ly sis, fi n ish in g w ith a re c a p o f th e ( Ta b le s 4, 10 ) sa m e c o n c lu sio n s. In te c h n ic a l te rm s, th is c o g n itiv e ly 11 7 ) La c k o f w e a th e r-re la te d tra in in g a n d e x p e rie n c e fo r th e re a d e r a n d ta k e s a d v a n ta g e o f primacy a n d primes 12 b o th n o n-in stru m e n t-ra te d a n d n e w in stru m e n t-recency e ffe c ts. ra te d p ilo ts ( Ta b le s 5, 8, 9, Fig u re 6 ) Fo llo w in g th a t stra te g y, th is re p o rt in te n d s to sh o w 8 ) Air a m b u la n c e m issio n s ( p a rtic u la rly h e lic o p te r th a t th e fo llo w in g sp e c ifi c fa c to rs c o n stitu te d a p ro b le m a m b u la n c e ) fo r 5 % o r m o re o f th o se p ilo ts. To in v e stig a tio n p ro fe s-9 ) Airc ra ft lacking substantial weather information / sio n a ls, th is w ill c le a rly b e a list o f " u su a l su sp e c ts, " fo r handling / avoidance equipment ( Fig u re s 5, 7 ) w h ic h w e n o w h a v e in c re a se d sta...