Training of pilots in civil aviation is the primary concern when dealing with accidents and incidents. There has been too little research into accidents during flight instruction. To advance the literature, the present study aims to analyze accidents during the instructional general aviation flights. This study examined investigation reports of 70 accidents involving instructional general aviation flights in the United States between 01.01.2018 and 12.12.2018. The accident data obtained from the National transportation safety board (NTSB) accident data system. The causal factors of those accidents were statistically analyzed and classified by using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first ever report analyzing contributing factors of training flight accidents by the analytical framework HFACS. According to the analysis results, it was revealed that across all accidents mentioned above, skill-based errors were ranked as the primary contributing factors, followed by environmental factors, and decision errors. Results showed that the most common skill-based errors are student pilots' improper landing flare and failure to maintain directional control during landing and takeoff. The findings of this study provide intriguing insight that may be beneficial to people researching contributing factors of aviation accidents in academia and practice. Furthermore, the outcome of the current study may assist student pilots in completing safe flights.
INTRODUCTION: Studies have identified a great number of physiological conditions, including venous thromboembolism and hypoxia, that may give rise to medical disqualifications and in-flight incapacitations that can be costly to individuals and organizations. Over the past three decades, much attention has been focused on venous thromboembolism among passengers. However, studies on venous thromboembolism among commercial airline pilots are very scarce. With this consideration in mind, differently from the literature, this study set out to examine pilots' awareness of venous thromboembolism signs, symptoms, risk factors, and countermeasures.METHODS: For this purpose, a venous thromboembolism questionnaire was developed and applied to collect data. There were 427 airline pilots who participated in the questionnaire. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) technique was used to analyze the results of the questionnaire.RESULTS: According to the results of this study, approximately one-half (57.1%) of the participants had just heard of this particular health issue and 63.9% of the participants were unaware of flight-associated venous thromboembolism. Airline pilots between 20 and 40 yr of age were much less aware of venous thromboembolism in comparison to pilots 41 yr or older, and pilots flying more than 90 h/mo were at a greater risk.DISCUSSION: Airline pilots between 20 and 40 yr have less knowledge about venous thromboembolism and preventive measures against it in comparison to older pilots. Therefore they may be more vulnerable to possible risk factors. The findings of this study will contribute to increasing pilots’ awareness on flight-related venous thromboembolism and can improve the overall safety of civil aviation.Kilic B, Soran S. Awareness level of airline pilots on flight-associated venous thromboembolism. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020; 91(4):343–347.
INTRODUCTION: Fatigue is an important phenomenon in modern aviation. Despite the progress in research concerning fatigue among civil aviation and military pilots, fatigue in student pilots has remained unexamined. The aim of this study was to examine fatigue among ab-initio pilots. In this study, the fatigue model previously proposed and used in the literature is redesigned for ab-initio pilots.METHOD: A 48-item questionnaire was applied. Factor analysis was performed using SPSS. The data were collected from 114 ab-initio pilots.RESULTS: It was determined that 23% (N 26) of the participants included in the study were women and 77% (N 88) were men. When the license types of the participants were analyzed, it was seen that 11% (N 13) had commercial pilot licenses (CPL; N 80), 70% had private pilot licenses (PPL), and 18% (N 21) had student pilot licenses (SPL). Results showed that seven performance factors (types of flight, training scheduling, crew composition, environment of the aircraft, types of accommodation, flight training-related issues, and biological issues) affect ab-initio pilots fatigue on various levels.DISCUSSION: The findings may help flight training organizations and ab-initio pilots take assertive preventive measures against fatigue.Kilic B. Fatigue among student pilots. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2021; 92(1):2024.
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