TO SEE OR NOT TO SEE: VISUAL ACUITY OF PILOTS INVOLVED IN MIDAIR COLLISIONS

The medical records of airmen involved in midair collisions from 1970 through 1973 were reviewed and compared with two other groups of pilots: (1) pilots involved in other types of accidents and (2) pilots without any accident records. There is nothing in the results to indicate that the pilots with visual corrections are a greater risk.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Flight Standards Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Ryan, L C
  • Gerathewohl, S J
  • Mohler, S R
  • Booze, CFJ
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air transportation crashes; Alternatives analysis; Classification; Correlation analysis; Crashes; Records management; Surveys; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Finance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093284
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-AM-75-5
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 3 1976 12:00AM