Pilot Incapacitation - Assessment of Data Sources

Identification of pilot incapacitation is essential for aviation safety. There are various databases of disparate origins that may contain different quality levels of pilot incapacitation information. Assessment of these data sources is critical to obtain a list of reliable and accurate pilot incapacitation events. This project evaluates the data sources and contents, data origin and flow, data availability and accessibility, and data quality ranking of the available data sources in FAA pertaining to pilot incapacitation. The project also explores potential algorithms including SQL and natural language processing (NLP) technologies to screen, identify, and collect pilot incapacitation events from the data sources in FAA. As a part of results, the project provides a sample roadmap and practice suggestions for leveraging the data sources, and a Venn diagram of pilot incapacitation events from 2008 to 2020 retrieved from the data sources.

    Language

    • English

    Project

    • Status: Completed
    • Sponsor Organizations:

      Department of Transportation

      1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
      Washington, DC, Washington, DC  United States  20590
    • Managing Organizations:

      Federal Aviation Administration

      800 Independence Avenue, SW
      Washington, DC, Washington, DC  United States  20591
    • Performing Organizations:

      Civil Aerospace Medical Institute-Federal Aviation Administration

      P.O. Box 25082
      Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125
    • Principal Investigators:

      Ding, Michael

      Zinke, Stacey

    • Start Date: 20220701
    • Expected Completion Date: 20240227
    • Actual Completion Date: 20240530
    • USDOT Program: Aeromedical Research
    • Subprogram: aviation safety

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    Filing Info

    • Accession Number: 01857668
    • Record Type: Research project
    • Source Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
    • Files: RIP, USDOT
    • Created Date: Sep 15 2022 2:26PM