This report documents a study of U.S. Naval mishap data from January 1987 to September 1996 involving F/A-18A,B,C,D; AV-8B/TAV-8B; F-14A,B,C,D; EA- 6B; T-45; T-2; S-3; and TA-4 aircraft. The study was conducted to determine which technological improvements in aircraft and aircrew safety systems might reduce the mishap/injury/lethality rates of the subject aircraft and crewmembers. Data were first sorted into aircraft categories, including aircraft lost per year by platform and mishaps per 100,000 flight hours by year and by platform. The crewmembers involved were then sorted into injury categories. For those crewmembers in the categories of fatality, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability, and major injury, the data were sorted into eject/ no eject categories and then into technology categories that may have prevented the fatality or injury, first for the entire group and then for only those crewmembers who ejected. The results of this study indicate that 268 of the aircraft listed above have been lost in the 10 years studied. These mishaps involved 416 crewmembers, 192 (46.2%) of which were killed, disabled, or received a major injury. Of these 192 crewmembers, the largest number of fatalities and injuries (83 crewmembers (43.2%)) may have been eliminated if an automatic ejection system were available. One hundred twenty-three (64%) of these 192 crewmembers were known to have ejected, and of these, 41 (33.3%) may have been helped if an improved propulsion system were available. Thirty-three (26.8%) of the 123 would have been helped with an improved restraint system, while 30 (24.4%) would have been helped with an optimized parachute system. It should be noted that each crewmember may have been helped by improvements in more than one technology category; therefore the numbers do not add up to 100%.


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    Title :

    Mishap Data Evaluation of Current Naval Aircraft 1987 - 1996


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    28 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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