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Safety Advisor: Spatial Disorientation

AOPA Air Safety Institute · Safety advisor · sa-spatial-d · Published 2022-09-01 · AOPA Air Safety Institute · 1 author

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Abstract

Safety advisor on the perceptual illusions that cause spatial disorientation: the leans, graveyard spiral, somatogravic and somatogyral illusions, false horizon, and Coriolis. Discusses the 178-second outcome of VFR-into-IMC encounters and recovery techniques.

Author

  • AOPA Air Safety Institute AOPA Foundation

Keywords

  • spatial disorientation
  • illusions
  • VFR into IMC
  • human factors

Citation

AOPA Air Safety Institute (2022). Safety Advisor: Spatial Disorientation. AOPA Air Safety Institute. AOPA Air Safety Institute ID sa-spatial-d. https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/safety-spotlights ↗