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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Jan;79(1):2–6. doi: 10.3357/ASEM.2200.2008

TABLE III.

MISHAPS INVOLVING ANY PILOT ERROR, BY PHASE OF FLIGHT, U.S. AIR CARRIERS, 1983–2002.

Mishaps with Pilot Error
Phase of Flight Total Mishaps N Percent
Landing 83 53 64
Taxiing 54 28 52
Final approach 17 8 47
Takeoff 52 23 44
Climbout 53 15 28
Cruise 100 19 19
Descent 74 12 16
Pushback 37 4 11
Not in motion 67 6 9
Other 21 12 57
Total 558 180 32