title: Contributive factors to aviation accidents.
abstract: The objective of the study was to compare the results of aviation accident analyses performed by the Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aviation Accidents (CENIPA) with the method Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS). The final reports of thirty-six general aviation accidents occurring between 2000 and 2005 in the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil were analyzed and compared. CENIPA reports mentioned 163 contributive factors, while HFACS identified 370 factors. It was concluded that CENIPA reports did not contemplate the organizational factors associated with aviation accidents.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. mcafajer@usp.br
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fajer
authors.forename: Ildeberto Muniz de
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Frida Marina
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000060:Accidents, Aviation / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis