Orientation-Error Accidents in Regular Army Aircraft during Fiscal Year 1969: Relative Incidence and Cost,

Abstract

The report is the third 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 1969 include a total of 71 major and minor orientation-error accidents (22 of which were fatal), resulting in 51 fatalities, 79 nonfatal injuries, and an over-all aircraft damage cost of $11,928,660. The contribution of rotary wing accidents to these totals was 65 accidents (20 of which were fatal), resulting in 46 fatalities, 78 nonfatal injuries, and $11,724,852 aircraft damage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1972
Accession Number
AD0743483

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircraft Landings
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Safety
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Fatalities
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Information Science
  • Military Aviation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.