NTL Record

Title	Effects of Video Weather Training Products, Web-Based Preflight Weather Briefing, and Local vs. Non-Local Pilots on General Aviation Pilot Weather Knowledge and Flight Behavior, Phase 3
Record ID	81782
Personal Name Creator	Knecht, William R.; Lenz, Michael
Corporate Creator	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Corporate Contributor	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher	United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date	20101101
Language	English
Abstract	The primary purpose of Phases 1 and 2 of this research was to test the effects of video weather training products on weather-related risk-taking. During the investigation, two unexpected observations were made: (1) Despite specific instructions to fly visual-flight-rules-only (VFR), nine of 50 Phase 1 pilots spent more than 10 min in simulated instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), plus three of those nine repeated that behavior in Phase 2; (2) Whole-group (N=50) weather knowledge test scores were significantly lower (19%, p<.001) than average FAA certification exam scores obtained by freshly licensed pilots, implying knowledge decay over time.
Public Note	Work was accomplished under approved task AM-A-07-HRR-521
Rosap ID	dot:57105
Rosap URL	https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57105
TRT Terms	Weather; Training; Weather forecasting; Aviation
General Subjects	Pre-Flight Briefing; Weather Knowledge; Flight Behavior
Geographical Coverage	United States
TRIS Online Accession No	1328157
Report Number	DOT/FAA/AM-10/17
Resource type	Tech Report
URL	https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81700/81782/201017.pdf
Format	PDF
Database	NTL Digital Repository