Epidemiology of toxicological factors in civil aviation accident pilot fatalities, 1999-2003 : final report / Arvind K. Chaturvedi [and others].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, DC : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine ; Ft. Belvoir, VA : Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center ; Springfield, Va. : Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, [2005] |
| Description | i, 14 pages : digital, PDF file. |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS74691 |
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| Other author/creator | Chaturvedi, Arvind K. |
| Other author/creator | United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine. |
| Other author/creator | United States. Federal Aviation Administration. |
| Other author/creator | Civil Aerospace Medical Institute. |
| Summary | Postmortem samples from aviation accident pilot fatalities submitted to the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) are toxicologically analyzed, and those analytical findings are stored in a database. This CAMI database was examined for the period of 1999-2003 for the presence of controlled substances of Schedules I-V, prescription and nonprescription drugs, and ethanol in the pilot fatalities. Out of 1629 fatal aviation accidents from which CAMI received biosamples, there were 1587 accidents wherein pilots were fatally injured. Drugs and/or ethanol were found in 830 of the 1587 fatalities. Findings from this study were consistent with those of the 2 previous epidemiological studies and support the FAA's programs, including the FAA's drug-testing program, aimed at identifying potentially incapacitating medical conditions and reducing the usage of performance-impairing drugs or ethanol. |
| General note | Title from PDF cover (viewed Sept. 8, 2006). |
| General note | "November 2005." |
| General note | "DOT/FAA/AM-05/20." |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14). |
| Other forms | Issued also in print. |
| Funding information | Performed by the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute under approved task no. AM-B-05-TOX-202 |
| Technical details | Mode of access: Internet from the Office of Aerospace Medicine web site. Address as of 10/4/06: http://www.faa.gov/library/reports/medical/oamtechreports/2000s/media/0520.pdf; current access via PURL. |
| Technical rpt number | DOT/FAA/AM-05/20 |
| GPO item number | 0431-E-04 (online) |
| Govt. docs number | TD 4.210:05/20 |
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