AIRCRAFT MISHAP INVESTIGATION HANDBOOK FOR ELECTRONIC HARDWARE

This handbook contains procedures and guidelines to aid in the analysis and investigation of electrical and electronic components involved in aircraft mishap investigations. Failure analysis techniques for the evaluation of electrical and electronic components are summarized for lamps, wiring, connectors, circuit breakers, printed wiring boards, and microelectronic devices. Techniques using optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for the analysis of these components are described. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX) of elemental constituents, X-ray radiography, and specialized electrical measurements are also described.

• Corporate Authors:

  Failure Analysis Associates, Incorporated

  149 Commonwealth Drive, P.O. Box 3015
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025
• Authors:
  • Galler, D
  • Glover, D
  • Kusko, A
• Publication Date: 1995-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 327 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Crash investigation; Electronic components; Failure analysis; Scanners; X ray analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Scanning
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720944
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAAA-BN-R-93-12-04,, WL-TR-95-4004
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1996 12:00AM