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This paper presents the results of a human factors flight test evaluation of a display of Enhanced Traffic Situational Awareness on the Airport Surface with Indications and Alerts (SURF IA). The study is an element of the FAA-sponsored Surface Conflict Detection and Alerting with Consideration of Arrival Applications program. The objective of the flight test was to conduct a comparative evaluation of two candidate SURF IA displays: a detailed Airport Surface Situation Awareness (ASSA) display and a runways-only Final Approach Runway Occupancy Awareness (FAROA) display. Six pilots with a current Air Transport Pilot Certificate each completed 18 scenarios. A Beechcraft King Air C-90 and a Cessna Citation Sovereign aircraft were deployed for the flight tests. The scenarios were conducted at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and at Snohomish County Paine Field Airport, with each aircraft acting as ‘traffic’ for the other aircraft.

This document is the final report of the Data Acquisition and Analysis Working Group (DAAWG) of the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) Approach-and-landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Task Force (Appendix D contains the complete listing of participants). The DAAWG was established in August 1997 to independently analyze data that may lead to the identification and/or resolution of approach-and-landing safety issues. Activities pursued by the DAAWG included: high-level analyses of 287 fatal accidents; detailed case studies of 76 accidents and serious incidents; and the assessment of key crew behavioral markers isolated in the occurrences and in the line audits of about 3,300 flights. The DAAWG is also conducting an economic analysis of the cost of approach-andlanding accidents (ALAs) to the industry (in progress).