Acidentes na instrução de voo: análise do fator operacional

Abstract

Training aviation is a crucial step in any pilot’s life. Over time, several advances in the teaching and accident prevention areas have occurred in this sector. However, from 2012 to 2022, there were 213 accidents involving flight instruction aircrafts. Given this, it is imperative to understand the reasons that lead to an unwanted situation in flight, even consideringseveral defensive barriers. In this sense, this research aims to identify the main contributing factors to aeronautical accidents involving flight instruction and to analyze the causes that contribute to these factors. In order to do so, the basic nature of research, supported by bibliographic and documentary’s procedures, was used. Based on the presented study, it was possible to verify that 75% of the accidents belong to theoperational factor investigation area. In the last 10 years, the four main factors that contribute to 45.45% of accidents in flight instruction were: piloting judgment, command application, managerial supervision and the student pilot's little experience, all of them related to the operational area. Regarding the administrative problems brought up, it is worth saying, related to the institution management, it is possible to notice that they affect several schools in the national territory. Concerning experience, it was identified that 77% of accidents in the segment with this contributing factor occurred in operations with two pilots on board the aircraft.Finally, it is suggested that further studies should be carried out on each of the aforementioned contributing factors and on the relevant solutions, so that, more and more, the number of occurrences approaches to zero.