Orientation-Error Accidents in Regular Army Aircraft During Fiscal Year 1968: Relative Incidence and Cost,
Abstract
The report is the second in a longitudinal series of reports dealing with the pilot disorientation/vertigo accident problem in Army fixed wing and rotary wing flight operations. Incidence and cost data presented for fiscal year 1968 include a total of 75 major and minor orientation-error accidents (26 of which were fatal), resulting in 91 fatalities, 75 nonfatal injuries, and an over-all aircraft damage cost of $12,381,805. The contribution of rotary wing accidents to these totals was 66 accidents (21 of which were fatal), resulting in 80 fatalities, 70 nonfatal injuries, and an over-all aircraft damage of $9, 077,065. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 08, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0735119
Entities
People
- Emil Spezia
- Jorma I. Niven
- W. C. Hixson
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory