BIOENGINEERING OF IMAPCT SURVIVAL IN BUSINESS AIRCRAFT

ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH REVEALS THAT INJURIES TO HEAD AND CHEST ACCOUNT FOR MAJORITY OF FATALITIES WHEN ONLY LAP BELTS ARE USED. ADEQUATE UPPER TORSO RESTRAINT IS ESSENTIAL. ANCHORAGE STRENGTH AND BELT STRENGTH SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. BELT ABRASION AND AGING CHARACTERISTICS MUST BE IMPROVED. RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS IN SEATING DESIGN AND PLACEMENT, INSTRUMENT PANEL DESIGN, CABIN STRUCTURE, AND CONTROLS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper No 690335, 31 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Snyder, R G
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Crashes; Fatalities; Head; Injuries; Instrument panels; Manual safety belts; Seats; Shoulder harnesses; Thorax
• Old TRIS Terms: Shoulder harness
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220773
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM