FLIGHT TESTS OF PILOTAGE ERROR IN AREA NAVIGATION WITH VERTICAL GUIDANCE: EFFECTS OF NAVIGATION PROCEDURAL COMPLEXITY. PHASE 4

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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also AD-777 889.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Savoy

  Aviation Research Laboratory, Willard Airport
  Savoy, IL  United States  61874

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Jensen, R S
  • Roscoe, S N
• Publication Date: 1974-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 124 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air traffic; Air traffic control facilities; Airborne navigational aids; Errors; Flight paths; Instrument flying; Navigational aids; Personnel performance
• Old TRIS Terms: Air traffic control terminal; Performance human
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090081
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA71WA-2574
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM