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FAA’s FY03 Human Factors Research and Engineering Division Program Review:

General Aviation, Vertical Flight, and Aviation Maintenance Human Factors

Hosted by the University of Nevada Reno Psychology Department

September 10-11, 2003

University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada

Domain	Project Title	Investigator(s)	Institution(s)
Vertical Flight	Night Vision Imaging System Lighting Compatibility Assessment Methodology	^*Task, H.L, ^§Pinkus, A.R., ^†Barbato, M.H., and ^†Hausmann, M.A.	^*Task Consulting, ^§Air Force Research Laboratory, ^†Sytronics, Inc
	A Tool for Determining Image Discriminability	Landy, M.S.	New York University
	Flight Test Plan to Assess of PVFR Routes and SNI Operations for Rotorcraft	Hickok, S.M. and McConkey, E.D.	Satellite Technology Implementation (STI), LLC
	Progress on the Simulator and Eye-Tracker for Assessment of PVFR Routes and SNI Operations for Rotorcraft	¹Darken, R.P., ¹Sullivan, J.A., and ²Mulligan, J.	¹Naval Postgraduate School and ²NASA Ames Research Center
General Aviation	Human Error and General Aviation Accidents: A comprehensive, fine-grained analysis using HFACS	¹Shappell, S.A. and ²Wiegmann, D.A.	¹Civil Aerospace Medical Institute and ²University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	The Effectiveness of a Personal Computer Aviation Training Device (PCATD), a Flight Training Device (FTD), and an Airplane in Conducting Instrument Proficiency Checks	Taylor, H.T., Emanuel, T.W., Talleur D.A., and Rantanen, E.M.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Use of Training Devices in General Aviation Training Programs	^#Wiggins, M.E. and ^†Crognale, M.W.	^#Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL. ^†University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
	Transfer of Training Effectiveness of a Flight Training Device (FTD)	Taylor, H.T, Talleur D.A, Emanuel, T.W., and Rantanen, E.M.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Imperfect Automation in Aviation Traffic Alerts: A Review of Conflict Detection Algorithms and Their Implications for Human Factors Research	Thomas, L.C., Wickens, C.D., and Rantanen, E.M.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aviation Maintenance	Do Language Barriers Result in Aviation Maintenance Errors?	Drury, C.G, and Ma, J.	University at Buffalo
	Establishing Training Requirements for the General Aviation Inspection Training System (GAITS): A Computer Based Training Software	Gramopadhye, A.K., Desai, R., Jacob, R., Subramanian, R., Raina, S. Reguna, S., Yaturu, A., and Bowling, S.	Clemson University
	Computer and Broadband Technology in the Aviation Maintenance Workplace	¹Casner, S. and ²Puentes, A.	¹NASA Ames Research Center and ²San José State University Foundation
	Computational Vision Models and Occupational Vision Standards	Beard, B.L. and Ahumada, A.J.	NASA Ames Research Center
	An Analysis of the Visual Demands Associated with Aviation Maintenance Inspectors	¹Good, G.W., ¹Nichols, J.J.,¹Subbaram, M.V., ²Nakagawara, V.B., and ²Montgomery R.W.	¹The Ohio State University^{and 2}Civil Aerospace Medical Institute and
	A Demographic Profile of Nondestructive Inspection and Testing (NDI/NDT) Personnel: A Preliminary Report	¹Nakagawara, V.B., ¹Montgomery, R.W., and ²Good, G.W.	¹Civil Aerospace Medical Institute and ²The Ohio State University
	Evaluation of Broadband Applications to Aircraft Maintenance Safety: A Case Study of Goodrich Aviation Technical Services	Nelson, N.L.	Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

The Federal Aviation Administration Office of the Program Director for Human Factors Research and Engineering (AAR-100) annual general aviation, vertical flight, and aviation maintenance human factors program review has three objectives: (1) annual review of each researcher’s AAR-100 funded project, (2) opportunity for Federal Aviation Administration sponsors to communicate with researchers to convey new research requirements, and (3) opportunity for Federal Aviation Administration sponsors and researchers to visit an AAR-100 funded research laboratory to gain a better understanding of the currently funded projects.

The three program areas reviewed on September 10-11, 2003 were:

General Aviation: Focuses on reducing fatalities, accidents, and incidents within the general aviation flight environment. This environment is defined as all flights that are conducted under FAR Part 91, as well as the general aviation maintenance community. The research addresses better methods for the detection, classification, and reporting of human factors accidents; developing certification and flight standards and guidelines based on human factors research; and identifying and implementing intervention strategies to impact general aviation accidents.

Vertical Flight: Research in this area is meant to identify specific human factors associated with helicopter flight regimes within the National Airspace System. Such issues include certification and regulation of civilian flights with night-vision-goggles devices, simultaneous non-interfering operations, and implications of tilt-rotor controls. Other current research requirements include head-up displays for general aviation rotorcraft, low speed helicopter/power lift displays, and vertical flight IFR approach lighting requirements.

Aviation Maintenance: Focuses on identifying human factors issues across all aspects of aircraft maintenance and inspection personnel. The Aviation Maintenance research program has maintained a focused research approach in four major components – skill development, organizational influences, human error, and maintainer proficiency.

The University of Nevada Reno hosted the FY03 program review. Dr. William K. Krebs, program manager and grant technical monitor, chaired the review. The program review committee included Dr. Michael Crognale, University of Nevada Reno, Dr. Scott Shappell of the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, and Dr. Albert Ahumada, NASA-Ames.

William K. Krebs, Ph.D.