An Examination of the Operational Error Database for Air Route Traffic Control Centers

Abstract

Monitoring the frequency and determining the causes of operational errors - defined as the loss of prescribed separation between aircraft - is one approach to assessing the operational safety of the air traffic control system. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) refers to the loss of separation standards between aircraft as an operational error (OE). The extent to which separation is lost determines the severity of the error. The first study examined the relationships between error occurrence, controller workload (number of aircraft and traffic complexity) and causal factors involved. The FAA's Final Operational Error/Deviation Reports for ARTCC facilities during calendar years 1985-88 comprised the data base. A majority of the errors occurred under conditions of below average (25%) or average (39%) complexity

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275986

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  • Mark D. Rodgers

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  • Federal Aviation Administration

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  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Aviation Safety
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Information Science
  • Level Flight
  • Personnel Management
  • Regression Analysis
  • Situational Awareness
  • Transportation
  • United States

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