Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
It is pointed out that general aviation aircraft usually do not carry flight recorders, and in accident investigations the only available data may come from the Air Traffic Control (ATC) records. A description is presented of a technique for deriving time-histories of aircraft motions from ATC radar records. The employed procedure involves a smoothing of the raw radar data. The smoothed results, in combination with other available information (meteorological data and aircraft aerodynamic data) are used to derive the expanded set of motion time-histories. Applications of the considered analytical methods are related to different types of aircraft, such as light piston-props, executive jets, and commuter turboprops, as well as different accident situations, such as takeoff, climb-out, icing, and deep stall.
Keywords:
AIR TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY
Type:
AIAA PAPER 82-1310
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Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference; Aug 09, 1982 - Aug 11, 1982; San Diego, CA
Format:
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