Engine icing, spatial orientation disorder caused by icing environment such as fog or freezing rain, and other reasons are not considered. 2. Disastrousness. The accidents leading to heavy casualties are selected. The NTSB generally pays insufficient attention to light small aircraft and no serious ...
Information is presented on several aircraft accidents caused by faulty wiring. Several ways to prevent aircraft accidents due to faulty wiring are recommended by technical specialist Ron Grose, including looking for wire bundle chafing and using good shop practices. The voltage in a system can be ...
These types of accidents are considered as hull loss and accounted as a total loss for a firm. When an aircraft incident leads to fatalities, then it is considered as a fatal accident. Most of the fatal accidents also lead to hull loss, yet most of the hull losses do not result in ...
The US Federal Aviation Administration estimates that 166 accidents or serious mishaps between May 1973 and April 1993 were due to uncertified parts. The AOG Technics case revealed a gap in regulation, as distributors were not covered by controls imposed on other parts of the market. The wrongly...
moved forward (thus decreasing the sweep) when the aircraft is preparing to fly at slower speeds. Before the aircraft design was changed to reverse the operation of that control (emphasized by a pointer at the left side ofFigure 15.5), several accidents and near accidents resulted from pilots ...
The report summarizes each threat and provides authoritative accounts of threat-related accident/incident investigations to further illustrate the nature of each threat; it also discusses lessons-learned and the impact of accidents/incidents on aircraft structural design and maintenance requirements. The ...
During these training flights, there were two accidents due to pilot errors. The Chilean Air Force was under great pressure from the press about the quality of these planes, which eventually led to the suspension of any further flights of the Breda. These accidents were caused mostly due to ...
This technological evolution is particularly crucial given that fires account for approximately 20% of fatalities in airplane accidents, highlighting the critical importance of reliable protection systems. The integration of smart technologies has enabled predictive maintenance capabilities, allowing operators to...
Moreover, maintenance practices are in place to avoid accidents, ensure desired performance and system availability. The approaches range from preventive maintenance schemes to condition-based maintenance. The latter technique is an emerging field of research with huge potential in the industry because ...
There may have indeed been a short-term disturbance in the area caused by a malfunction of certain ground radio equipment. An internal cause, a fault of the antenna or other aircraft equipment is unlikely, as it would have happened more than just once and in various destinations. The flight...