ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF UTILITY HELICOPTER SAFETY DESIGN FEATURES

An analysis of the economic benefits of providing crashworthiness and other flight safety improvements within future Army utility helicopters is discussed. The analysis is based on a study of Army/Bell Helicopter UH-1H aircraft accident reports and projects future accident losses for a number of candidate utility helicopter designs. Losses are projected for a twenty year period of peacetime operation. Projections are derived based on each candidate's design features and the effectiveness of these features in accident/injury prevention under the particular circumstances in each UH-1H accident.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Los Angeles, January 17-19, 1978. Also available from IEEE (78CH1308-6R).
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• Authors:
  • Hicks, J E
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, Los Angeles, January 17-19, 1978. Also available from IEEE (78CH1308-6R).
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 157-161

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Aircraft; Aviation safety; Benefit cost analysis; Crashes; Economic analysis; Forecasting; Helicopters; Reliability; Safety factors; Vehicle design
• Identifier Terms: Bell helicopters
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft design; Aircraft safety
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Economics; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00180424
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: IEEE 1518 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1978 12:00AM