Incident Reporting--Its Role in Aviation Safety and the Acquisition of Human Error Data,

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Abstract:

The rationale for aviation incident reporting systems is presented and contrasted to some of the shortcomings of accident investigation procedures. The history of the United States Aviation Safety Reporting System ASRS is outlined and the programs character explained. The planning elements that resulted in the ASRS programs voluntary, confidential, and non-punitive design are discussed. Immunity, from enforcement action and misuse of the volunteered data, is explained and evaluated. Report generation techniques and the ASRS data analysis process are described in addition, examples of the ASRS programs output and accomplishments are detailed. Finally, the value of incident reporting for the acquisition of safety information, particularly human error data, is explored. Author

Author(s):
Reynard, W. D.
Author Organization(s):
NATIONAL AERONUATICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Supplementary Note:
This article is from the Proceedings of the Conference on Flight Mechanics and System Design Lessons from Operational Experience Held in Athens, Greece on 10-13 May 83, AD-A137 607, p5-1 - 5-8.
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0008

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Collection: TR
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Descriptor(s):
*Computer programs, *Data acquisition, *Aviation safety, *Aviation accidents, *Human factors engineering, Error analysis, Information processing, Storage, Information retrieval, Performance(Human), Performance(Engineering), Reports, Symposia, Research management, Data processing, Symposia, Conferencing(Communications), Information exchange, Technology transfer
Keyword(s):
Human errors, Component Reports
Report Date:
1983 Oct 01