Analysis of Reportable Events in Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center

Download or read book Analysis of Reportable Events in Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center written by Kim Cardosi and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: The implementation of Controller‐Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC) in domestic en route airspace will change the controllers’ and pilots’ tasks, which will, in turn change the types of observed errors. This study characterizes the current (pre‐implementation) pilot and controller errors at the expected initial implementation site for CPDLC. The analysis included 1,761 mandatory occurrence reports (MOR); 670 reports related to pilot/controller error—nearly 70% of these related to loss of communication. The majority (20%) of reports that included information on how the event was discovered involved an aircraft that was transferred into a sector without radio communications. Loss of communication events tended to be more frequent for General Aviation than for Commercial aircraft. Of the reports that cited a potential cause for the loss of communication, the most common cause was mechanical issues, followed by the failure of the controller to issue the frequency change or the issuing of the wrong frequency. Forty‐three Pilot Deviation occurrences were examined—the majority of these included a loss of communication event. Many of the identified factors could be mitigated by CPDLC. These results contribute to a baseline of communication performance, prior to the implementation of CPDLC, and can be compared to a future analysis of post‐implementation performance."--Technical report documentation page.