Velázquez,
Jonathan, "Behavioral Traps in Flight Crew-Related 14 CFR Part 121 Airline
Accidents"
(2016).
Dissertations and Theses. 193. https://commons.erau.edu/edt/193
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Scholarly Commons Citation
The traps studied were: Loss of Situational Awareness; Neglect of Flight Planning, Preflight Inspections and Checklists; Peer Pressure; Get-There-Itis; and Unauthorized Descent Below an Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) Altitude.
Relationships
between the behavioral traps and factors such as pilot age, pilot flight
experience, weather, flight conditions, time of day, and the first officer certification level.
Four subject matter experts analyzed 34 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident reports.
During the
qualitative analysis, various themes began to emerge which played important
roles in many accidents. These emerging themes were Crew Resource Management
issues, Fatigue, Airline Management, and Flying Outside the Envelope. The
quantitative analysis discovered a moderate correlation, r = -.34, p = .05,
between the Captain’s Flight Experience and the behavioral trap Unauthorized
Descent Below an IFR Altitude.
