Effects of Training School Type and Examiner Type on General Aviation Flight Safety

Knecht, William; Smith, Jeffrey; Civil Aerospace Medical Institute; United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Flight Standards Service

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Effects of Training School Type and Examiner Type on General Aviation Flight Safety

2012-03-01
By Knecht, William ; Smith, Jeffrey

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Knecht, William ; Smith, Jeffrey

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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Flight Standards Service

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United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Subject/TRT Terms:

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Aeronautics--Safety Measures Aircraft Accidents Air Pilots Air Pilots--Certification Aviation Safety Certification Crash Rates Flight Training
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DOT/FAA/AM-13/4
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Abstract:

This study addresses the question “Do training school type and certifying examiner type affect a general aviation (GA) pilot’s subsequent aviation safety record?” “Education” was operationalized as private pilot instruction in either a Part 61 or Part 141 school and “examiner type” was operationalized as private pilots examined by either Aviation Safety Inspector (ASI), School Authority (Part 141 graduates only), or Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). Because of the unavailability of earlier reliable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) school and examiner records, results herein are restricted to pilots certificated from 1 Jan., 1995 to 8 Aug., 2007. The results essentially imply that that school and examiner type do not affect subsequent accident rate. For U.S. GA pilots receiving the private pilot certificate from 1995-2007 and for whom data could be obtained—Part 61 graduates’ subsequent accident rate appeared on a par with Part 141 graduates, and pilots tested by DPEs appeared equivalent to those tested under school authority. Graduates tested by ASIs showed a statistically lower accident rate, but that particular result was based on a sample of only 22 pilots, rendering it unreliable from a practical point of view. Recommendations include a) adoption of a common pilot identification number (“UniqueID”) for both FAA and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), to minimize data loss, and b) that user’s manuals be made publicly available for FAA’s Comprehensive Airman Information System (CAIS) and Document Imaging Workflow System (DIWS) databases.
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FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:514c6928f2bb4f18bbc2c266a9414ebb8d5bdc4a71cc73b612ae26afa71983e5
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