Human Factors – Error Chain (NTSB Identification: SEA06LA112)
DONT USE A HEADER OR PAGE NUMBER OR TITLE!! START THE ANALYSIS RIGHT AWAY FROM THE TOP OF THE PAGE
The paper will be written in the format of an interesting article on human factors in a professional aviation magazine, using NTSB cases to provide an example an error chain. The paper’s topic is about understanding human error, not about the cases. Most of your contribution is discussing the nature of the error type and related human factors in depth.
http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
Using the NTSB database link, find this case(SEA06LA112), providing an example of the error chain.
Accident History and Analysis: The cases will be presented sequentially. Each case analysis will have an accident history which contains the details from the accident report which provides the evidence you need later in your analysis.
Explain why you would classify the actions and decisions from the case to the type of error you selected. What other factors were important in the case and how would you classify them? Be complete in your discussion. I expect each analysis will be at least two to three paragraphs.
Do not use the paper to repeat the lecture from the class. Do not explain material that is unrelated to the discussion topic of the paper.
This is not a personal story and I expect you to write this paper in the third person. That means you don’t write “you”, “I” or “we”, but refer to yourself (if needed) as “this author” or “these authors”.