This study provides for an identification of accident scenario(s) and associated occupant risks and survival equipment needs, relating to the inadvertent or unplanned water contact of transport category airplanes. This identification was obtained, in part, from the results of contractual studies of transport accident data. The subject study concludes that while the unplanned water contact of a transport airplane occurs less frequent than corresponding ground contact, the impact loads are often higher, leading to greater fuselage damage. Also, the unplanned water contact occurs more frequent than a planned water landing (ditching) and usually involves adverse flooding conditions. These conditions, in turn, affect the ability of occupants to retrieve, deploy and/or don on-board floatation equipment.
Study on Transport Airplane Unplanned Water Contact
1984
38 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Aviation accidents , Transport aircraft , Crashworthiness , Water , Safety , Feasibility studies , Crash landing , Ditching , Survival equipment , Evacuation , Survival(Personnel) , Scenarios , Drowning , Fuselages , Sinking , Test and evaluation , Numerical analysis , Tables(Data) , Factor analysis , Unplanned water contact
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