Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigations, Analyses & Applications / Edition 2

by Shari Krause

Overview

* This worldwide bestseller utilizes case studies to examine and explain aircraft accidents and incidents

* Covers five major problem causes: human factors, weather, mid-air collisions, mechanical failure, runway incursions

* NEW TO THIS EDITION: Chapters on Monitoring/Managing Cockpit Behavior and Spatial Disorientation; 27 new case studies; 25% new illustrations

* Updated data and statistics throughout

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071409742
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	07/23/2003
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	483
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Shari Stamford Krause, Ph.D., is an aviation safety research consultant. Her clients have included Boeing Commercial Airplane Company and ABC News. She has taught aviation courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and aviation safety at Auburn University. Dr. Krause is Chair of the Aircraft Operations Technical Committee, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	xi
Part I	Human Factors	1
1	Judgment and Decision-Making	3
	Principles of Good Judgment and Decision-Making	3
	Good Judgment and Decision-Making in Practice	4
	Influences That Affect Judgment	7
	Hazardous Thought Patterns Exercise	10
	References	28
2	Accurate Situation Assessment Leads to Good Situation Awareness	29
Phase 1	Recognition	30
Phase 2	Evaluation	30
	Situation Awareness through Monitoring and Challenging	31
	Airborne Express DC-8--Breakdown in Situation Awareness	34
	References	36
3	Crew Resource Management: The Integration of Interpersonal Skills and Technical Proficiency	37
	Interpersonal Communication	38
	Crew Effectiveness	38
	Reference	40
4	Spatial Disorientation	41
	Senses and Spatial Orientation	42
	Visual and Vestibular Senses	43
	Sensory Illusions	45
	Types of Spatial Disorientation	53
	Prevention	54
	References	55
	Part I Case Studies	57
Case Study I-1	American Airlines Flight 1420	57
Case Study I-2	TWA Flight 843	62
Case Study I-3	Korean Air Flight 801	69
Case Study I-4	Northwest Airlink Flight 5719	83
Case Study I-5	Avianca Flight 052	90
Case Study I-6	American Eagle Flight 3379	107
Case Study I-7	John F. Kennedy, Jr.	112
Case Study I-8	Delta Airlines Flight 106	122
International Case Study I-9	Singapore Airlines Flight 006	125
Historical Case Study I-10	Eastern Airlines Flight 401	134
Part II	Runway Incursions	141
	Runway Incursion Severity Categories	145
	Reported Runway Incursions by Severity	145
	Distribution by Aircraft Type and Combination	145
	Conclusions	145
	References	146
	Part II Case Studies	147
Case Study II-1	USAir Flight 1493 and Skywest Flight 5569	147
Case Study II-2	TWA Flight 427 and a Cessna 441	157
Case Study II-3	United Express 5925 and a Beechcraft King Air A90	166
Case Study II-4	Northwest Flights 1482 and 299	177
Case Study II-5	Eastern Flight 111 and a Beechcraft King Air 100	187
Historical-International Case Study II-6	Pan American Flight 1736 and KLM Flight 4805	199
Part III	Weather	211
5	Air Masses and Fronts	213
	Air Masses	213
	Fronts	214
	Frontal Waves	216
	Occlusions	217
	References	218
6	Cloud Formation	219
	Low Clouds	219
	Middle Clouds	220
	High Clouds	221
	Extensive Vertical Development	222
	Special Cloud Types	222
	References	223
7	Thunderstorms	225
	Unstable Air	225
	Lifting Action	225
	Moisture	226
	Life Cycle of a Thunderstorm Cell	226
	Types of Thunderstorms	228
	Meteorological Observations	229
	Aircraft Performance in Heavy Rain	230
	References	232
8	Downbursts and Low-Level Windshear	233
	Macrobursts	233
	Microbursts	234
	Types of Microbursts	234
	Types of Parent Clouds	236
	Temperature Parameters	237
	Low-Level Windshear	238
	Indicators of Windshear	239
	References	240
9	Icing Conditions	241
	Stratiform Clouds	241
	Cumuliform Clouds	241
	Cirriform Clouds	242
	Structural Icing	242
	Ice Formation on Fixed-Wing Aircraft	247
	Frontal Zones	250
	Induction Icing	251
	References	253
10	Turbulence	255
	Convective Turbulence	255
	Mechanical Turbulence	256
	Mountain Range Turbulence	256
	Mountain Wave Turbulence	257
	Turbulence in Narrow Canyons and Gorges	258
	Flying Guidelines around a Mountain Wave	261
	Clear-Air Turbulence	262
	References	262
11	Wake-Vortex Turbulence	265
	Wake-Vortex Motion	265
	Atmospheric Factors	267
	Flying Guidelines	268
	Wake-Vortex Research	269
	Boeing 757 Safety Concern	270
	Wake-Vortex Accidents	270
	References	276
	Part III Case Studies	277
Case Study III-1	USAir Flight 1016	277
Case Study III-2	American Eagle Flight 4184	288
Case Study III-3	Delta Airlines Flight 191	295
Case Study III-4	USAir Flight 405	305
International Case Study III-5	China Airlines Flight CI-012	314
Historical Case Study III-6	Southern Airways Flight 242	322
Part IV	Mid-Air Collisions	343
	Reference	344
12	Mid-Air Collision Avoidance: From See-and-Avoid to Search-and-Detect	345
	Eye-Brain Connection	347
	Eye Movement	348
	Distant Visual Acuity	349
	Cockpit Creates Monocular Visual Areas	352
	Effective Scanning Based on Sectors	353
	Enhancing Visual Skills	354
	References	356
	Part IV Case Studies	359
Case Study IV-1	A Cessna 340 and a North American T-6	359
Case Study IV-2	A Cessna Citation and a Cessna 172	365
Case Study IV-3	Aeromexico Flight 498 and a Piper Cherokee	368
Case Study IV-4	A U.S. Army U-21 and a Piper Navajo	373
Case Study IV-5	A Mitsubishi MU-2 and a Piper Saratoga	380
Historical Case Study IV-6	PSA Flight 182 and a Cessna 172	389
Part V	Mechanical and Maintenance	397
	Part V Case Studies	399
Case Study V-1	TWA Flight 800	399
Case Study V-2	United Flight 585, USAir Flight 427, Eastwind Flight 517--A Compilation of Uncommanded Rudder Events in B-737 Aircraft	415
Case Study V-3	ValuJet Flight 592	424
Case Study V-4	Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311	436
Case Study V-5	United Airlines Flight 232	445
International Case Study V-6	Air France Flight 4590	456
Historical Case Study V-7	American Airlines Flight 191	458
	Index	465