Orientation-Error Accidents in Regular Army UH-1 Air Craft During Fiscal Year 1970: Relative Incidence and cost,

Abstract

The report is the fourth in a series of reports dealing with pilot disorientation/vertigo accident problem is Regular Army UH-1 helicopter operations. Incidence and cost data presented for fiscal year 1970 include a total of 43 major and minor orientation-error, accidents (17 of which were fatal), resulting in 66 fatalities, 67 nonfatal injuries, and a total UH-1 aircraft damage cost of $7.706,191. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768307

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 Safety
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Data Processing
  • Fatalities
  • Helicopters
  • Inventory
  • Landing
  • Military Aviation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

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