A human error analysis of commercial aviation accidents using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS).

A. Wiegmann, Douglas; A. Shappell, Scott

doi:10.1037/e420582004-001

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A human error analysis of commercial aviation accidents using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS).

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Authors:

Douglas A. Wiegmann

Scott A. Shappell

Abstract

The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) is a general human error framework originally developed and tested within the U.S. military as a tool for investigating and analyzing the human causes of aviation accidents. Based upon Reason’s (1990) model of latent and active failures, H...

Subject

Human error

Aviation

Error analysis

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