Correlation between EEG Abnormal Activity and Aircraft Accidents: A Long Term Observation,

Abstract

During 1975-76, 64 student pilots of the Hellenic Airforce Air Academy were studied with EEGraphic protocol including activation procedures. In 13 of them, abnormal encephalographic abnormal EEGs were involved in 10 aircraft accidents due to pilot error, while only 3 pilots of the 51 with normal EEG were involved in 4 accidents due to pilot error. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) have been used since World War Two as a useful auxiliary tool for the selection and evaluation of pilots. (js)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADP006109

Entities

People

  • A. Stavropoulos

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Central Nervous System
  • Electroencephalography
  • Military Aircraft
  • Nervous System
  • Observation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience