HPL Chapter 10 - Cognition in Aviation

When an aircraft is taxiing with a tailwind with snow which may appear to fall vertically could give the impression that (P.186):

• the aircraft is moving backward

• the aircraft is still moving

• the aircraft has stopped

• the aircraft is moving sideways

A loading bridge moving away from the aircraft may give an illusion that (P.186):

• the aircraft is moving

• the aircraft is not moving

• the bridge is moving

• the aircraft is pitching

Pilot eye height from the ground may be the source of (P.187):

• misjudged speed

• misjudged distance

• misjudged height

• improved accuracy

Somatogravic illusion is most likely to occur during (P.187):

• Landing

• Initial approach

• Start of take-off run

• Go-around

A sloping cloud bank could give the impression that the aircraft is (P.188):

• rolling

• yawing

• pitching

• stalling

A sloping up runway will appear to be ________ than it actually is.

• longer

• shorter

• wider

• flatter

The danger of the Black Hole Effect is that (P.191):

• the aircraft could roll

• the aircraft could be stalled

• the aircraft could touch down beyond the designated touchdown zone

• the aircraft could touch down short of the runway

If a closing aircraft remains on the same spot on the windscreen (P.194):

• The aircraft is not maintaining a line of constant bearing

• The aircraft is maintaining a line of constant bearing

• no collision risk exists

• no action is required of the pilot

Which of the following statements is correct regarding whiteout (P.197)?

• The landscape appears to be a flat, smooth plane of white and it is not possible to assess height

• It is not caused by blowing snow

• Snow does not produce reflecting glare

• Snow will appear on the airborne weather radar screen

Oculogyral illusion is a condition where (P.198):

• the pilot will think the aircraft is pitching up when accelerating

• the pilot will see objects in front of him / her to be moving in the same direction

• the pilot will see objects in front of him / her to be moving in the opposite direction

• the pilot cannot accurately sense a turn