Human factors in remotely piloted aircraft operations: HFACS analysis of 221 mishaps over 10 years

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 724-732

  Tvaryanas, Anthony P ^a   Thompson, William T ^a   Constable, Stefan H ^a  

^a USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Human factors analysis and classification system; Remotely piloted vehicles; Uninhabited aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ERROR; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MILITARY SERVICE; NAVY; OPERATOR; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRCRAFT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ROBOTICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745935980     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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