INCIDENT DATA AND AVIATION SAFETY: MIDAIR COLLISIONS

Aircraft accident and passenger fatality rates have generally improved throughout the post-deregulation period, but there is still concern that safety has recently deteriorated. Accident and fatality data are poorly suited for quick detection of changes in the underlying safety of the aviation system. Many have speculated that changes in the frequency of safety-related problems (incidents) may provide more sensitive measures of changing risk of aviation accidents. The usefulness of incident data hinges first on a correlation existing between incidents and accidents and, second, on the premise that careful tracking of changes in incidents may point to problems before they become apparent in accident data. This paper investigates the potential use of data on air traffic control operational errors, pilot deviations, and near midair collisions to provide insight into the risk of midair collision.

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• Authors:
  • Oster Jr, C V
  • Zorn, C K
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 246-253
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air transportation; Airline pilots; Crashes; Deregulation; Errors; Fatalities; Hazards; Human error; Human factors in crashes; Midair crashes; Near crashes; Near midair crashes; Risk assessment; Safety and security; Traffic incidents; Transportation safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490227
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-041 044
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1989 12:00AM