Characteristics and Toxicological Processing of Postmortem Pilot Specimens From Fatal Civil Aviation Accidents

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• Creators:
  Chaturvedi, Arvind K. ; Smith, Dudley ; Soper, John W. ; Canfield, Dennis V. ; Whinnery, James E.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine ; Federal Aviation Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Technical Information Service
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Forensic medicine
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Performance
  • Air pilots
  • Toxicology
  • Aviation
  • Research
  • Safety and Human Factors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-02/14
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Abstract:
  Autopsied biological samples from civil aviation pilot fatalities are submitted to the civil Areospace Medical Institute (CAMI) for toxicological evaluation. However, such evaluation is dependent upon types and amounts of submitted samples, and obtaining suitable samples is governed by the nature of an accident.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40163/dot_40163_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 908.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b58ce7ead788f94daff295c0f650a3179c3895cb0fbb1f82f33e5d1a6e6182b