Investigation of Events Involving Aerodynamic Degradation of the Vertical Stabilizer/Rudder During Ground Icing Conditions

Details

• Creators:
  Green, Steven D.
• Corporate Creators:
  Flight Operations Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Icing Aircraft Tails Air Transportation Crashes Anti-icing Vertical Tail Deicing Deicing Vertical Tail Icing Icing Accidents Icing Incidents Vertical Tail Icing
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/TC-26/8
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/fnee-gk03
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Aircraft Icing Research Program conducts research to maintain safe winter ground operations, evaluates the effects of changing ground operations, develops test and analysis methods to support these changes, and address effects of technology changes for de/anti-icing fluids and procedures.
  
  FAA rules and regulations require that critical aircraft surfaces be free of frozen contamination prior to takeoff. The FAA defines the vertical stabilizer as a critical surface. However, there is a lack of standardization in the de/anti-icing fluid treatment of vertical surfaces. Some operators exclude the treatment of vertical surfaces, including the tail, while others only consider treatment in ongoing freezing precipitation.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  17-G-011
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:56fcb499a2bab869ae4f30ed752b94b96c2c8fa3ccfc158d23b6d2939c6bceeab9d35c06eb888a63ca14872caa40554977223cc2dfb39f830633f61990952a4d
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92271/dot_92271_DS1.pdf
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