Human Factors in Aircraft Inspection
Abstract
Inspection of both airframes and engines is a key activity in maintaining continuing airworthiness. Unless structural defects are detected at the appropriate time, structural failure may result. The reliability of the inspection system must be known in order to schedule safe inspection intervals. However, inspection reliability necessarily includes human inspector reliability so that knowledge of human inspection performance is vital to safety. This paper describes models of the major functions of the human inspector, and applies these within a framework of inspection reliability. From these models, and field experiments on inspectors a set of factors known to affect inspection reliability is derived. These can be used to define good practices necessary to continuously improve inspection performance.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADP010770
Entities
People
- Colin G. Drury
Organizations
- University at Buffalo