Military Rotorcraft Flight Test Safety in the Age of Joint Ventures

Document Number: 1999-01-1437

Date Published: April 1999

Author(s):
Michael G. Clemmons - The Boeing Company

Abstract:
This paper is an explanation of some of the Flight Test Safety (FTS) methods used to reduce the risk associated with military rotorcraft development. Two flight test programs are addressed, the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor and the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter. A short history of the development of each program is provided as background information. Some of the challenges and strengths of joint ventures are also identified and discussed. Four critical elements of an FTS program are identified: 1) Organizational Risk Management (ORM), 2) issue/anomaly resolution, 3) incident recording and corrective action documentation, and 4) interface between FTS and other organizations. Methods used in the two programs to address these elements are reviewed and can be applied to other flight test programs.

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Product Status: In Stock

See other papers presented at Advances In Aviation Safety Conference & Exposition, April 1999, Daytona Beach, FL, USA, Session: Flight Test Safety

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