Summary Report on the National Transportation Safety Board's General Aviation Crashworthiness Project Findings 871006
The National Transportation Safety Board conducted a general aviation crashworthiness study from 1981 to 1985. Three reports were published that 1) validated crashworthiness investigative techniques; 2) defined the impact severity and potential injury prevention for survivable accidents; and 3) defined acceleration loads and velocity changes of survivable accidents. The Safety Board was also able to define the extent that post-crash fires affect survivability. This paper contains extensive excerpts from the three Safety Board reports and is intended as an overview of the Safety Board's effort. The original reports contain more detailed discussions of the points raised here.
Citation: Clark, J., "Summary Report on the National Transportation Safety Board's General Aviation Crashworthiness Project Findings," SAE Technical Paper 871006, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871006. Download Citation
Author(s):
John C. Clark
Pages: 23
Event:
General Aviation Aircraft Meeting and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 1987 Transactions: Aerospace-V96-6, General Aviation Aircraft Crash Dynamics-SP-0716, Aircraft Crashworthiness-PT-50
Related Topics:
Crashworthiness
Technical review
Fire
Injuries
Vehicle acceleration
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