Citation

Coury BG, Kolly JM, Gormley E, Dietz A. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 2008; 52(1): 99-103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193120805200122

PMID

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Abstract

Major aviation accident investigations conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board involve uncertainties in cause, complexities in avenues of inquiry, multiple stakeholders, and no obvious solution path. As a result, investigations can be difficult, time consuming, and resource intensive. This paper will describe a project being conducted at NTSB to develop an approach to accident investigation that takes into consideration the complexities, uncertainties, and nonlinearities in accident investigation. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of this approach for the typical linear, structured approaches to accident investigation.

Language: en