CAPSIZING/SWAMPING ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS OF SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT BOATS FOR 1974 SEASON. VOLUME II. APPENDICES B-M

This report addresses small, lightweight recreational boats that were involved in capsizing and swamping accidents. Accidents involving these boats are of particular importance to the U. S. Coast Guard because they represent about 50 percent of all recreational boating accident fatalities. This report presents related information on those twelve boats involved in accidents that were chosen for an in-depth study. Evaluation criteria, methodology, analysis and conclusions are also presented. The dynamic stability of each boat is evaluated along with other factors that contributed to the accident such as freeboard, carelessness and overloading. Low dynamic stability and freeboard appear to be major contributing factors to those accidents investigated. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, AD-A015 144.
• Corporate Authors:

  Wyle Laboratories

  7800 Governors Drive West
  Huntsville, AL  United States  35805

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Sautkulis, C
  • Knack, M
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 256 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boats; Crash investigation; Crashes; Drowning; Floods; Hulls; Interviewing; Lightweight materials; Marine safety; Mechanical stability; Methodology; Oversize loads; Physical properties; Recreation; Safety equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Overload
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093453
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MSR-75-27-Vol-2 Final Rpt., USCG-D-142-75
• Contract Numbers: DOT-CG-40672-A
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM