Crashworthiness: An Illustrated Commentary on Occupant Survival in General Aviation Accidents

Details

• Creators:
  Kirkham, William R. ; Wicks, S. Marlene ; Lowrey, Donald Lee
• Corporate Creators:
  Civil Aeromedical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Crashworthiness
  • Survival
  • Crash injuries
  • Restraint systems
  • Seats
  • Air pilots
  • Education
  • Visual presentations
  • Aircraft accidents
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FAA-AM-83-8 ; DOT/FAA/AM-83/8
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  This report is an illustrated commentary on crash survival in general aviation aircraft. Photographs, drawings, and discussion present some basic concepts of crash forces; mechanisms of injury to occupants; and the roles of shoulder harnesses, lap belts, and seats in attenuating crash forces. Findings in a number of accidents relate seats and restraints to the fate of the occupants. ; The report is designed to inform the reader of the value of good restraints in crashes of general aviation aircraft. Also it will serve to orient Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) personnel and others to a set of projection slides that may be used wholly or in part in safety presentations to pilots and aviation groups. The projection slides, duplicates of the photographs and drawings in this report, are available from the Aeromedical Education Branch of the FAA Civil Aeromedical Institute.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21233/dot_21233_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Fire Safety ; FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:176e041596ea67a457e47ca754c2c8d00393b86c248d5c7103a47bd019b134827b4451b57ddbcf81ad91f562d67962944808082790ae25845c3aa7eb9087c8d4