VORTEX-RELATED ACCIDENTS OVER THE TEN YEAR PERIOD 1964-73

Out of the approximately 45,000 aviation accidents that occurred over the ten-year period 1964-73, in the conterminous United States, wake vortices have been cited as a cause or as factor in 147 accidents by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). These 'vortex-related' accidents have been studied and categorized (by flight phases of the vortex-generating aircraft and the accident aircraft, and other pertinent factors) in this report with the objective of providing historical insight to the Wake Vortex Avoidance System (WVAS) development program. A secondary objective was to explore the possibility of procedural solutions to the vortex problem in various situations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mitre Corporation

  1820 Dolley Madison Boulevard
  McLean, VA  United States  22102

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems Engineering Management, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Gupta, V P
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 85 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Landing; Statistics; Takeoff; Turbulence; Vortices; Wakes
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft landing
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091329
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTS-6852 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA70WA-2448
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM