NTL Record

Title Unsuspected neurologic disease in aviation personnel : survival following seizures in flight.
Record ID 38884
Personal Name
Creator
Seipel, John H.; Wentz, Arthur E.
Corporate Creator Georgetown Clinical Research Institute
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19630800
Language English
Abstract The increasing use of private and commercial air transportation combined with the steady increase in recreational aviation have inevitably increased the likelihood of pilot failure caused by medical disability simply because there are more pilots in the air more frequently.
Rosap ID dot:20714
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20714
TRT Terms Air pilots; Brain; Diseases and medical conditions; Detection and identification; Case studies; Air transportation crashes; Alcohol use; Certification; Regulations
General Subjects Air pilots--Case studies; Diseases--Causes and theories of causation; Convulsions; Aircraft accidents; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Anticonvulsants; Air pilots--Certification
Classification NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number AM 64-6; DOT/FAA/AM-64/06
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38800/38884/AM64-06.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository