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Bookmark or Share- Top 10 Pilot Errors - Plane & Pilot MagazineThere's a common misconception that critical pilot errors occur only during flight. A surprising number of accidents result from inadequate preflight, like using checklists and forgetting to fasten the cockpit door (above). They're small mistakes that could escalate into a series of big ones.
- What is Pilot Error and How Can it be Prevented? - Airplane MagIn this article, we delve into the depths of pilot error, exploring its various forms, common occurrences, and strategies to prevent its recurrence. Pilot error, in its various manifestations, encapsulates any misstep or lapse in judgment made by a pilot before or during a flight.
- Pilot error - WikipediaIn aviation, pilot error generally refers to an action or decision made by a pilot that is a substantial contributing factor leading to an aviation accident. It also includes a pilot's failure to make a correct decision or take proper action. [2] Errors are intentional actions that fail to achieve their intended outcomes. [3]
- Homebuilt Accidents: Pilot Error - KITPLANESFigure 1: Pilot error, combining miscontrol and judgment issues, accounts for over half of homebuilt accidents. Pilot miscontrol involves mistakes made in the physical control of the aircraft. It includes things like inadvertent stalls, over- or undershoots, landing with the gear up, etc.
- Aviation Accidents Caused by Pilot Error & Human FactorsAccording to the NTSB investigations performed into air accidents, over 88 percent of all chartered plane crashes are attributed, at least in part, to pilot error. In private or general aviation, loss of aircraft control by the pilot is the number one cause of plane and helicopter crashes.
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