Airplane upset prevention research needs

PDFProceedingsAIAA 2008-6871AirplanesFlight control systemsFlight decksFlight trainingAircraft pilotageLoss of controlHuman factorsAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsBurki-Cohen, Judith S.Sparko, Andrea L.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)NTL-AVIATION-AVIATIONNTL-AVIATION-Air Traffic ControlNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/AirworthinessNTL-AVIATION-Aviation Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThis paper, which concludes the Upset Recovery Session convened and chaired by DennisCrider from the National Transportation Safety Board and the first author at the AIAAModeling and Simulation Technologies Conference 2008, provides a broad overview ofdifferent efforts to prevent airplanes from entering unusual attitudes via StandardOperating Procedures, different types of training and training tools, and airplane-control protection and flight-deck technologies. The emphasis will be on providing information thatwill help determine which research efforts may be most productive in reducing loss ofcontrol accidents