Human factors were cited in an overwhelming number of cases of vehicular and personal deviations at U.S. airports, a new study says.
Human factors — more specifically, in most cases, errors in decision-making — were the primary cause of every reported case of vehicular or personal deviations (V/PDs) at U.S. airports over a recent two-year period, according to a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.1
The TSB blamed an ATR 42’s runway excursion in part on a contaminant inside a propeller high-pressure pump that led to a condition called pitch-lock.
The TSB’s new Watchlist highlights runway safety concerns that have plagued the Canadian aviation industry for more than a decade.
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The NTSB faulted the 737 crew’s decision to land on a short runway with a tail wind in conditions conducive to wind shear.
