Orientation-Error Accidents in Regular Army UH-1 Aircraft During Fiscal Year 1968: Relative Incidence and Cost,

Abstract

The report is the second in a longitudinal series of reports dealing with the magnitude of the pilot disorientation/vertigo accident problem in Regular Army UH-1 helicopter operations. Incidence and cost data presented for fiscal year 1968 include a total of 53 major and minor orientation-error accidents (17 of which were fatal), resulting in 74 fatalities, 60 nonfatal injuries, and $8,224,607 aircraft damage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1971
Accession Number
AD0735457

Entities

People

  • Emil Spezia
  • Jorma I. Niven
  • W. C. Hixson

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Fatalities
  • Helicopters
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Aviation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

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