SAFETY-RELATED ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

The document identifies that part of the FAA's engineering and development (E and D) program directly related to the goal of improving air safety. Those safety-related E and D activities are categorized to correspond with associated categories of aviation accidents/fatalities. Statistics on aircraft accidents/fatalities for the period January 1964 to December 1972 are presented for each category. A summary description of each safety-related E and D activity is presented including the safety-related goals, current status, and future plans. Funding, by category, is presented for FY72-FY75.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mitre Corporation

  Westgate Research Park
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Chavkin, J M
  • Kay, M E
• Publication Date: 1975-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 114 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pilots; Air traffic control; Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Aviation safety; Casualties; Crash avoidance systems; Fatalities; Fire fighting; Fires; Landing; Monitoring; Radar air traffic control; Research; Survival; Takeoff; Warning systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft fires; Aircraft landing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090508
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: M75-24
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA70WA-2448
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM