Flight Tests of Pilotage Error in Area Navigation with Vertical Guidance: Effects of Navigation Procedural Complexity

Abstract

Pilotage error resulting from a simplified three-dimensional area navigation procedure was measured during 32 hooded instrument flights in a Beechcraft Twin Bonanza. These empirical observations were compared statistically both with corresponding values of pilotage error previously reported in a study using Standard Procedures (Report FAA-RD-72-126) and with corresponding values previously assumed in FAA AC 90-45 and RTCA DO-152. Other experimental variables were pilot experience level and vertical display type. The major task variable was angle of climb or descent. Pilot performance measures were vertical and horizontal steering, airspeed control, and procedural errors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA003796

Entities

People

  • Richard S. Jensen
  • Stanley N. Roscoe

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Applied Psychology
  • Control Panels
  • Data Sets
  • Engineering
  • Flight Paths
  • Guidance
  • Instrument Flight
  • Level Flight
  • Navigation
  • Research Facilities
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering