Orientation-Error Accidents in Regular Army UH-1 Aircraft During Fiscal Year 1969: Relative Incidence and Cost.

Abstract

The report deals 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 1969 include a total of 46 major and minor orientation-error accidents (16 of which were fatal), resulting in 39 fatalities, 67 nonfatal injuries, and $8,130,297 aircraft damage. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749695

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
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aircraft
  • Army Aviation
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Aviation Safety
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Fatalities
  • Helicopters
  • Inventory
  • Landing
  • Military Aviation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.