Aircraft Landing Speed and Accident Correlation

Abstract

On the basis of all non-utility landing accidents for fixed-wing aircraft in USAF in the three years 1962-64, it is demonstrated that there is a very high correlation between landing accident rates and landing speeds. Furthermore, this relationship varies more rapidly than linearly, in fact approximately as a third-degree curve. It is not intended to suggest that landing speeds are the 'cause' of landing accidents, but the high correlation demonstrated does imply that landing speed is one of the significant parameters involved in the process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0665869

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  • R. F. Dressler

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  • Federal Aviation Administration

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  • Air Platforms

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  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Science
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Reliability
  • Statistics

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