Army Autorotation Accidents - Fiscal Years 70-72

Abstract

The report is a review of autorotation accidents occurring during the fiscal years 1970 through 1972. This work presents information on these accidents and their relation to total rotary wing accidents, accident rates, geographical areas, specific aircraft, costs, fatalities, and injuries. Data delineating the causative factors of these accidents are also presented and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0766225

Entities

People

  • Donald F. Harden
  • Kent A. Kimball
  • Mark A. Hofmann

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Army Aviation
  • Autorotation
  • Aviation Safety
  • Emergencies
  • Escape Systems
  • Fatalities
  • Flight Crews
  • Helicopters
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Security
  • Training
  • Training Aircraft
  • United States

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Theoretical Analysis.