Douglas D Boyd
- Title
- Adjoint Faculty
- Douglas.Boyd@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Department of Aeronautics
- College
- College of Aviation
Areas of Expertise
general aviation flight safety/accidents
Education
Publications
- A Comparison of General Aviation Accidents Involving Airline Pilots and Instrument-Rated Private Pilots Publications (2020)
- Efficacy of the Localized Aviation MOS Program in Ceiling Flight Category Forecasts Publications (2019)
- A Comparison of Special Category Light-Sport and Corresponding Type-Certificated Aircraft Safety Publications (2018)
- Fatal General Aviation Accidents in Furtherance of Business (1996–2015): Rates, Risk Factors, and Accident Causes Publications (2018)
- Rates and Causes of Accidents for General Aviation Aircraft Operating in a Mountainous and High Elevation Terrain Environment Publications (2017)
- A Comparison of Malfunction-Related Accidents for General Aviation Aircraft Manufactured in 1970–1984 and 2000–2014 Publications (2017)
- A Comparison of Malfunction-Related Accidents for General Aviation Aircraft Manufactured in 1970–1984 and 2000–2014 Publications (2017)
- Accident Rates, Phase of Operations, and Injury Severity for Solo Students in Pursuit of Private Pilot Certification (1994–2013) Publications (2016)
- Passenger Obesity and Regional Aircraft Performance for the Most Corpulent States in the USA Publications (2016)
- General Aviation Accidents Related to Exceedance of Airplane Weight/Center of Gravity Limits Publications (2016)
- Mid Morning Concurrent Sessions: Human Factors: Human Error and Cockpit Automation: Presentation: Accident-Precipitating Factors for Crashes in Turbine-Powered General Aviation Aircraft Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference (2016)
- Mid Morning Concurrent Sessions: Consumer Perceptions in Aviation: Presentation: Effect of Passenger Weight Under-Estimations on Regional Aircraft Performance for the Most Obese States in America Aviation / Aeronautics / Aerospace International Research Conference (2016)
- Accident-Precipitating Factors for Crashes in Turbine-Powered General Aviation Aircraft Publications (2016)
- Causes and Trends in Maintenance-Related Accidents in FAA-Certified Single Engine Piston Aircraft Publications (2015)
- Should Charity Air Medical Organizations Require Commercial Certification of Their Pilots? Publications (2015)
- Causes and Risk Factors 1 for Fatal Accidents in Non-Commercial Twin Engine Piston General Aviation Aircraft Publications (2015)
- Causes and Trends in Maintenance-Related Accidents in FAA-Certified Single Engine Piston Aircraft Publications (2015)
Memberships and Credentials
Aerospace Medical Association (2009-present),
University Aviation Association (2016-present).
Awards, Honors and Recognitions
1) Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, 2020.
2) AsMA Associate Fellows Ellingson Award (Occupant Injury Severity in General Aviation Accidents Involving Excessive Landing Airspeed publication in AMHP journal), 2020
3) Arnold D. Tuttle Award for paper most significant contribution (In-Flight Decision-Making by General Aviation Pilots Operating in Areas of Extreme Thunderstorms published in AMHP journal) in aerospace medicine, 2018.
4) Associate Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association 2018.
5) Joseph L Haley Writing Award given by the US Army Aviation Medical Association for the best paper published in 2016 in the area of Rotary wing Aviation Medicine, 2017.