A review of human error in aviation maintenance and inspection

Latorella, Kara A.; Prabhu, Prasad

doi:10.1016/s0169-8141(99)00063-3

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“…A significant proportion of these fatal general aviation accidents are attributed to poor aeronautical decision making (ATSB, 2004;O'Hare et al, 1994). Previous research suggests that a leading factor that precipitates poor decision-making is an inaccurate assessment of the risks associated with a particular activity (Latorella and Prabhu, 2000).…”

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Improving pilots’ risk assessment skills in low-flying operations: The role of feedback and experience

Molesworth

Wiggins

O'Hare

2006

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Improving pilots’ risk assessment skills in low-flying operations: The role of feedback and experience

Molesworth

Wiggins

O'Hare

2006

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…These authors also mentioned that the potential sources of fatigue failures can be related to one or more of the following errors: (i) design, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) assembly, (iv) inspection, (v) operation, and (vi) maintenance. In the same way, Goranson (1993), Wenner and Drury (2000) and Latorella and Prabhu (2000) mentioned that the structural failures during flight are usually attributed to fatigue of materials, design errors and aerodynamic overloads. Carpenter (2001) and Koski et al (2006) further highlighted that due to the high number of older aircrafts that are flying nowadays, problems such as stress corrosion cracking, corrosion-fatigue (separately or simultaneously) and wear are also expected to occur.…”

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Fatigue strength of tungsten inert gas-repaired weld joints in airplane critical structures

Nascimento

Voorwald

Filho

2011

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

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a b s t r a c tIn this work the effect of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) repairs on the axial fatigue strength of an AISI 4130 steel welded joint used in airframe critical to the flight-safety was investigated. Fatigue tests were performed at room temperature on 0.89 mm thick hot-rolled plates with constant amplitude and load ratio of R = 0.1, at 20 Hz frequency. Monotonic tensile tests, optical metallography and microhardness, residual stress and weld geometric factors measurements were also performed. The fatigue strength decreased with the number of GTAW repairs, and was related to microstructural and microhardness changes, as well as residual stress field and weld profile geometry factors, which gave origin to high stress concentration at the weld toe.

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“…Aviation maintenance is a complex organization in which individuals perform varied tasks in an environment with time pressures, minimal feedback, and sometimes difficult ambient [11]. The main role of the maintenance technicians is to categorize and judge critical problems that can threaten the airworthiness of the aircraft, and if found critical perform appropriate maintenance so that the aircraft can continue operations [12].…”

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Evaulation of Stress Affecting Aircraft Maintenance Technician’s Performance

2017

IJCCIE

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Abstract-The technology used in aviation has changed markedly over the past 50 years, particularly in terms of its reliability. Researches has shown that the internal reliability of humans has not improved noticeably over the same period. Thus engines, airframes and aircraft systems have contributed progressively less to the accident rate, the proportion of accidents attributable to human error has necessarily increased [1]. According to International Ergonomics Association [2] "Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance". "The overall goal of Aviation Maintenance human factors research is to identify and optimize the factors that affect human performance in maintenance and inspection" [3]. Human factors affect the quality of the jobs performed by the aircraft maintenance technicians, pilots and flight engineers.The aircraft maintenance technician is the center part of the aircraft maintenance system. It is very important to understand how human body and mental process function and how performance limitations can influence a technician"s effectiveness at work [4].Several factors can affect a maintenance technician"s performance. A person"s vision, hearing, information processing, attention and perception, memory, judgement and decision making are among the physical and mental human performance characteristics which are likely to affect the quality of his work.Stress, time pressure, workload, fatigue, distraction, overconfidence, lack of communication and awareness etc. may affect a technician"s performance. In this study, the impacts of stress on the quality of the work performed by an aircraft maintenance technician are investigated. Some aviation accidents, for which this factor is causal or contributory, is studied along with the desired requirements in aviation legislation. Thus, it has been tried to emphasize the importance of human factors in aircraft maintenance. It is expected that these studies on human factors and accidents will induce more research work on aviation safety.

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A review of human error in aviation maintenance and inspection

Cited by 162 publications

References 18 publications

Improving pilots’ risk assessment skills in low-flying operations: The role of feedback and experience

Improving pilots’ risk assessment skills in low-flying operations: The role of feedback and experience

Fatigue strength of tungsten inert gas-repaired weld joints in airplane critical structures

Evaulation of Stress Affecting Aircraft Maintenance Technician’s Performance

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