This report is the second in a series of reports to be issued by the National Transportation Safety Board as a result of its General Aviation Crashworthiness program. The purpose of this 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 presented a methodology for documenting impact severity. This Phase Two report presents specific data on survivable accidents. Data are presented which demonstrate that if all occupants wear shoulder harnesses, fatalities are expected to be reduced by 20 percent and 88 percent of the seriously injured persons in survivable crashes are expected to experience significantly fewer life-threatening injuries. Thirty-four percent of the seriously injured occupants of survivable accidents are expected to be less seriously injured if energy-absorbing seats are available.
Safety Report - General Aviation Crashworthiness Project: Phase 2. Impact Severity and Potential Injury Prevention in General Aviation Accidents
1985
48 pages
Report
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English
Crashworthiness Investigation of General Aviation Accidents
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