ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FIRES

All U.S. Air Carrier accidents between 1963 and 1974 were studied to assess the extent of total personnel and aircraft damage which occurred in accidents and in accidents involving fire. The study established upper and lower bounds for deaths and damage due specifically to fire.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From the 1st Intl Conf on Fire Safety, University of San Franciso, 12-16 January 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  San Francisco University

  Golden Gate Avenue and Parker Avenue
  San Francisco, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Lucha, G V
  • Robertson, M A
  • Schooley, F A
• Conference:
  • From the 1st Intl Conf on Fire Safety, University of San Franciso, 12-16 January 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 103-115

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Crash investigation; Fires; Loss and damage
• Uncontrolled Terms: Damage assessment
• Old TRIS Terms: Aircraft fires
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172775
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1978 12:00AM