Human Reliability in Civil Aircraft Inspection
Abstract
Inspection of structures, systems and engines is an important part of ensuring continued airworthiness of the civil aircraft fleet. This paper describes the airworthiness assurance system and considers applicable bodies of knowledge which help understand and predict aircraft inspection performance. Two examples of recent studies of aircraft inspectors are used to illustrate the extra depth and breadth of understanding available where such knowledge is applied to these tasks. It is concluded that perhaps we have two separate roles: to predict performance and to improve it. Quantitative prediction will never be complete, but better estimates of inspector variability help us set more realistic inspection intervals. However, for improving aircraft inspection tasks we should concentrate on broader contextual factors, despite our inability to quantify some of these effects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADP010442
Entities
People
- C. G. Drury
Organizations
- University at Buffalo