- Author
- General Electric Company
- Title
- Manned Space Programs Accident/Incident Summaries, 1963-1969.
- Coporate
- General Electric Co., Daytona Beach, FL
- Sponsor
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- NASA-CR-120998, March 1970, 185 p.
- Contract
- NASW-410
- Keywords
- accident prevention | accident investigations | space flight | statistics
- Identifiers
- safety management; Manned Space Flight
- Abstract
- This summary is a compilation of 508 mishaps assembled from company and NASA records which cover several years of Manned Space Flight Activity. The purpose is to provide information to be applied towards accident prevention. The accident/incident summaries are categorized by the following ten systems: Cryogenic; Electrical; Facility/GSE; Fuel and Propellant; Life Support; Ordnance; Pressure; Propulsion; Structural; and Transport/Handling. Each Accident/Incident summary has been summarized by description, cause and recommended preventive action.