NTL Record

Title The Use and Design of Flightcrew Checklists and Manuals
Record ID 33421
Personal Name
Creator
Turner, J. W.; Huntley, M. Stephen, Jr.
Source 80p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
EG & G Dynatrend
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
Publication Date 19910400
Language English
Abstract A survey of aircraft checklists and flight manuals was conducted to identify impediments to their use and to determine if standards or guidelines for. their design were needed. Information for this purpose was collected through the review of checklists and manuals from six Part 121 and nine Part 135 carriers, review of NTSB and ASRS reports, analysis of an ALPA survey of air carrier pilots, and by direct observation in air carrier cockpits. f The survey revealed that some checklists and manuals were difficult to locate and were poorly designed for use in the cockpit environment, the use of checklists by flight crews was not always well defined, the use of checklists interfered with other flight operations, and flight operations often made it difficult to use checklists effectively. The report contains recommendations for the formatting and content of checklists and manuals, their use by flightcrews, and areas of research relevant to checklist design.
Rosap ID dot:8631
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8631
TRT Terms Manuals; Flight crews; Aircraft operations; Surveys; Aviation safety
General Subjects Checklist; Normal; Emergency; Abnormal; Readability; Interruptions; Manuals; Conformance
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
942377
Contract Number FAOE2/A0180
Report Number DOT/FAA/AM-91/7
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33400/33421/33421.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository