The Analysis of National Transportation Safety Board Large Fixed-Wing Aircraft Accident/Incident Reports for the Potential Presence of Low-Level Wind Shear.

Abstract

The National Transportation Safety Board aircraft accident/incident data base covering the years 1964 through 1975 was screened to select those accidents involving aircraft of 12,500 pounds gross weight or greater in which the potential of low-level wind shear as a factor could not be discounted. The successive filtering techniques employed eliminated all but 25 of the 59,465 accidents or incidents which comprised the total data base used. The presence of a low-level wind shear was a distinct possibility in these 25 takeoff or approach and landing accidents/incidents. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048354

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  • Jack J. Shrager

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  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Human Systems

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  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Climate Change
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight Crews
  • Geography
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Wind Shear

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