HUMAN FACTORS GOOD PRACTICES IN VISUAL INSPECTION

Visual inspection is the most often specified technique for airframes, power plants and systems in aviation. The FAA’s Advisory Circular 43-204 (1997)1 on Visual Inspection for Aircraft quotes Goranson and Rogers (1983)2 to the effect that over 80% of inspections on large transport category aircraft are visual inspections (page 1). ................
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