The report is the last in a series of three reports issued by the National Transportation Safety Board as a result of its General Aviation Crashworthiness Program. The purpose of the program is to provide information to support changes in crashworthiness design standards for seating and restraint systems in general aviation airplanes. A Phase One report presents a methodology for documenting impact severity. A Phase Two report presents specific data on survivable accidents which demonstrate that if all occupants wear shoulder harnesses, fatalities are expected to be reduced by 20 percent. Eighty-eight percent of the seriously injured persons in survivable crashes are expected to experience significantly fewer life-threatening injuries. The Phase Three report provides analytical results of actual crashes. The values of acceleration loads and velocity changes that occupants can sustain in survivable, modern general aviation airplane accidents are defined. The report also discusses specific crashworthiness problems including seat/restraint systems that failed, shoulder harnesses that were not worn, and inadequate or nonexistent seat stroking ability.
Safety Report - General Aviation Crashworthiness Project: Phase 3. Acceleration Loads and Velocity Changes of Survivable General Aviation Accidents
1985
194 pages
Report
No indication
English
Crashworthiness Investigation of General Aviation Accidents
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