Aircraft Safety: Accident Investigations, Analyses, & Applications, Second Edition

by Shari Stanford 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:	9780071433938
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	08/05/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	483
File size:	3 MB

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 PART ONE: Human Factors Chapter 1: Judgment and Decision-Making Chapter 2: Accurate Situation Assessment Leads to Good Situation Awareness Chapter 3: Crew Resource Management: The Integration of Interpersonal Skills and Technical Proficiency Chapter 4: Spatial Disorientation Part I: Case Studies PART TWO: RUNWAY INCURSIONS Part II: Case Studies PART THREE: WEATHER Chapter 5: Air Masses and Fronts Chapter 6: Cloud Formation Chapter 7: Thunderstorms Chapter 8: Downbursts and Low-Level Windshear Chapter 9: Icing Conditions Chapter 10: Turbulence Chapter 11: Wake-Vortex Turbulence Part III: Case Studies PART FOUR: MID-AIR COLLISIONS Chapter 12: Mid-Air Collision Avoidance: From See-and-Avoid to Search-and-Detect Part IV: Case Studies PART FIVE: MECHANICAL AND MAINTENANCE Part V: Case Studies Index