Passive Sidesticks and Hard Landings – Is there a Link?

Floris Wolfert; Mike Bromfield; Alex Stedmon; Steve Scott

doi:10.2514/6.2019-3611

Passive Sidesticks and Hard Landings – Is there a Link?

Floris Wolfert
, Mike Bromfield
, Alex Stedmon
, Steve Scott

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

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Abstract

During the period between 2007 to 2017 the number of commercial aircraft equipped with passive sidesticks has increased by over 200%. The location and stationary nature of passive, uncoupled sidesticks may limit the ability of the Pilot Monitoring (PM) to observe flight control inputs by the Pilot Flying (PF) which may affect the monitoring function. This study reviewed 106 accident reports involving hard landings in commercial jet aircraft fitted with both conventional coupled control inceptors (yokes) and passive sidesticks. The study is part of a wider program of research into Loss of Control Inflight (LoC-I) evaluating the effects of active, coupled/de-coupled sidesticks on pilot workload, performance and situation awareness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of AIAA 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 17-21 June 2019
Publisher	American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-62410-589-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3611
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2019
Event	AIAA Aviation 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference - Dallas, United States Duration: 17 Jun 2019 → 21 Jun 2019

Conference

Conference	AIAA Aviation 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Dallas
Period	17/06/19 → 21/06/19

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Passive Sidesticks and Hard Landings – Is there a Link? / Wolfert, Floris; Bromfield, Mike; Stedmon, Alex et al.
Proceedings of AIAA 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 17-21 June 2019. American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 2019. 3611.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Wolfert, F, Bromfield, M, Stedmon, A & Scott, S 2019, Passive Sidesticks and Hard Landings – Is there a Link? in Proceedings of AIAA 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA, 17-21 June 2019., 3611, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, AIAA Aviation 2019 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, Dallas, Texas, United States, 17/06/19. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3611

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