A significant percentage of general aviation aircraft accidents result in postcrash fires due to the ignition of fuel spillage, often contributing injury or death to the aircraft occupants. Testing was performed to demonstrate the performance of light-weight, flexible, crash-resistant fuel cells combined with the use of frangible fuel line couplings. Included in these tests were three full-scale crash tests of a typical light twin aircraft. In all of these tests, the crash-resistant fuel system performed satisfactorily. (Author)


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    Titel :

    Tests of Crash-Resistant Fuel System for General Aviation Aircraft


    Beteiligte:
    W. M. Perrella (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1978


    Format / Umfang :

    36 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





    Crash-resistant fuel systems for general aviation aircraft

    Edwards, W.T. / Perella, W.M.jr | Tema Archiv | 1979


    Crash-Resistant Fuel Systems for General Aviation Aircraft

    Edwards, W. Thomas / Perrella, William M. | SAE Technical Papers | 1979