A Benefit Analysis for Nitrogen Inerting of Aircraft Fuel Tanks against Ground Fire Explosion

Cherry, Ray; Warren, Kevin

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A Benefit Analysis for Nitrogen Inerting of Aircraft Fuel Tanks against Ground Fire Explosion

1999-12-01
By Cherry, Ray ; Warren, Kevin

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Creators:

Cherry, Ray ; Warren, Kevin
Corporate Creators:

R.G.W. Cherry & Associates Limited ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research
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Publication/ Report Number:

DOT/FAA/AR-99/73
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States ; England
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research ; Great Britain. Civil Aviation Authority
Abstract:

The International Cabin Safety Research Technical Group's Survivable Accidents Database was used to identify past worldwide transport aircraft accidents and extract detailed data for those accidents where explosion was an issue in the survivability of the occupants. Each of these accidents was analyzed in depth to assess the number of lives and injuries that might be saved if the fuel tanks were protected with nitrogen inerting systems. ; The objective of this analysis was to assess the potential benefits, in terms of reducing fatalities and injuries, resulting from three methods of aircraft fuel tank inerting. The methods analyzed were ground nitrogen inerting in center fuel tank only, ground nitrogen inerting in all fuel tanks, and onboard nitrogen inerting in all fuel tanks. ; Thirteen accidents to transport category aircraft were identified during the period from 1966 to 1995 that may have involved a fuel tank explosion. A mathematical technique was used to model each accident scenario and a Monte Carlo simulation was used to assess a high, median, and low value for the total achievable benefits.
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FAA Fire Safety
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