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A 5 page paper. Technology has reduced maintenance and performance errors dramatically but human errors continue. This paper discusses the human factors in aircraft maintenance and discusses how and why these errors occur. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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citation methods listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ERRORS
, October 2010 properly! Technology has become so advanced for aircraft maintenance that most accidents
are the result of human error. Khalil (2007) reported that 70-80 percent of airline accidents are due to human error. Graeber (n.d.) put the ratio at 70 percent and Spinks
(2009) said the same thing, most maintenance problems and errors are human. Stacy (2010) reported that most accidents or incidents due to maintenance are because they did not follow the
tech data. Spinks (2009) also identified different types of error conditions. Mechanics might inherit problems that were created long before the aircraft reached him. These could be bad or
inaccurate or nonexistent paperwork, the wrong decision made by someone, or a faulty processes (Spinks, 2009). The author states that this type of condition is referred to as latent failures.
They are latent because they happened before the present maintenance crew is involved in the specific problem they are trying to fix. Another type of latent error would be a
bolt that was corroded but was not seen so it was not replaced (Khalil, 2007). In a matter of time that bold will break. Suzuki, Von Thaden and Geibel
(n.d.) asserted that human errors in aircraft maintenance are related to psychological precursors, which means the technician is having some psychological problems at the time, poor management, and fallible
decisions. Acts considered unsafe include rule-based errors, skill-based errors, knowledge-based errors, and violations of regulations and procedures (Suzuki, Von Thaden and Geibel, n.d.). Knowledge-based errors includes a wrong diagnosis of
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