2016/05/01 by Robert O. Walton, P. Michael Politano · 1 voice · 26 citations
Engineering · Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Aeronautics #Air Traffic Management and Optimization #Aviation #Aviation accident #Aviation safety #Demography #Engineering #General aviation #Human factors and ergonomics #Injury prevention #Medical emergency #Medicine #Occupational Health and Safety Research #Occupational safety and health #Poison control #Psychology #Traffic and Road Safety
paper · doi:10.1027/2192-0923/a000085
published in Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors 6(1), 39-44 (Hogrefe Verlag)
openalex publication_date 2016/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Abstract. Studies examining aviation accidents have not found differences in accident rates by gender, although there may be gender differences in the types of accident. One study examined accident rates of male and female private pilots and found that males were more likely to have accidents related to inattention or poor planning while female pilots were more likely to have accidents due to mishandling of the aircraft. This research analyzed the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) aviation accident database system to examine the severity of injury and aircraft damage in general aviation accidents by gender. The data indicated that female pilots have accidents with higher aircraft damage and personnel injury rates at lower levels of training and experience compared with male pilots, but they then have significantly fewer accidents compared with male pilots at higher levels of experience.