An Accident Investigation Report,

Abstract

This presentation is concerned with a serious explosive indicent that occurred at Radford, Virginia in May 1981. It describes the process involved, the damage that was sustained, and then provide the results of the investigation that followed this incident. This investigation concluded that the most probable cause of this incident was an electrostatic discharge from the NC in the container being filled to the grounded dust shroud which ignited a flammable alcohol/air mixture.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000503

Entities

People

  • David P. Skogman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Containers
  • Explosives
  • Virginia

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.