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An investigation of reports of controlled flight toward terrain (cftt)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Loomis, J. P. Porter, R. F. |
| Copyright Year | 1981 |
| Description | Some 258 reports from more than 23,000 documents in the files of the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) were found to be to the hazard of flight into terrain with no prior awareness by the crew of impending disaster. Examination of the reports indicate that human error was a casual factor in 64% of the incidents in which some threat of terrain conflict was experienced. Approximately two-thirds of the human errors were attributed to controllers, the most common discrepancy being a radar vector below the Minimum Vector Altitude (MVA). Errors by pilots were of a much diverse nature and include a few instances of gross deviations from their assigned altitudes. The ground proximity warning system and the minimum safe altitude warning equipment were the initial recovery factor in some 18 serious incidents and were apparently the sole warning in six reported instances which otherwise would most probably have ended in disaster. |
| File Size | 4067845 |
| Page Count | 71 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19810020570 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0fv3cz4m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1981-04-06 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Air Transportation And Safety Aircraft Safety Warning Systems Human Performance Lightning Approach Flight Altitude Instrument Flight Rules Pilot Error Flight Hazards Air Traffic Control Collision Avoidance Descent Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
