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Which factor most commonly causes a loss of situational awareness?

Choices

  • ✓ Fixation, fatigue, distraction, and complacencycorrect

    These erode the accurate picture that is situational awareness.

  • Filing a VFR flight plan

    Filing a flight plan does not degrade awareness.

  • Using the aircraft checklist

    Checklists support awareness rather than degrade it.

  • Maintaining altitude precisely

    Precise altitude control does not by itself cause loss of awareness.

Why

Situational awareness is degraded by fixation, fatigue, distraction, and complacency, and its loss is an early link in the accident chain.

FAA source: PHAK Ch. 2 / situational awarenessbrowse the reference library →

This is taught in Flying Solo Well: SRM, Workload and Situational Awareness — study the lessons free, then practice with grading and mastery tracking.

Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.

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