Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness
An experimental simulator study was run to test pilot detection of an error in autopilot mode selection. Active airline air crew were asked to fly landing approaches by commanding the Flight Path Angle mode while monitoring the approach with both a Head Up Display and Head Down Displays. During one...
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International Center for Air Transportation
2007
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| author | Johnson, Eric N. Pritchett, Amy R. |
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| description | An experimental simulator study was run to test pilot detection of an error in autopilot mode selection. Active airline air crew were asked to fly landing approaches by commanding the Flight Path Angle mode while monitoring the approach with both a Head Up Display and Head Down Displays. During one approach, the Vertical Speed mode was intentionally triggered by an experimenter instead, causing a high rate of descent below the intended glide path. Of the 12 pilots, 10 were unable to detect the high descent rate prior to significant glide path deviation. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/359132019-04-11T11:07:02Z Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness Johnson, Eric N. Pritchett, Amy R. autopilot Flight Path Angle Head Up Display Head Down Displays human factors air transportation An experimental simulator study was run to test pilot detection of an error in autopilot mode selection. Active airline air crew were asked to fly landing approaches by commanding the Flight Path Angle mode while monitoring the approach with both a Head Up Display and Head Down Displays. During one approach, the Vertical Speed mode was intentionally triggered by an experimenter instead, causing a high rate of descent below the intended glide path. Of the 12 pilots, 10 were unable to detect the high descent rate prior to significant glide path deviation. 2007-02-16T21:33:17Z 2007-02-16T21:33:17Z 1995-03 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35913 en_US ASL-95-3 application/pdf International Center for Air Transportation |
| spellingShingle | autopilot Flight Path Angle Head Up Display Head Down Displays human factors air transportation Johnson, Eric N. Pritchett, Amy R. Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title | Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title_full | Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title_short | Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness |
| title_sort | experimental study of vertical flight path mode awareness |
| topic | autopilot Flight Path Angle Head Up Display Head Down Displays human factors air transportation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35913 |
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