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The '''Human Factors Analysis and Classification System''' (HFACS) identifies the human causes of an accident and offers tools for analysis as a way to plan preventive training.<ref name="Approach_2004">[http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/MEDIA/approach/issues/julaug04/HumanFactors.htm "The Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS),"]''Approach'', July - August 2004. Accessed July 12, 2007. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208062417/http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/MEDIA/approach/issues/julaug04/HumanFactors.htm |date=February 8, 2007 }}</ref> It was developed by Dr Scott Shappell of the [[Civil Aviation Medical Institute]] and Dr Doug Wiegmann of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] at Urbana-Campaign in response to a trend that showed some form of human error was a primary causal factor in 80% of all flight accidents in the Navy and Marine Corps.<ref name="Approach_2004"/>