- Author
- Bein, D.
- Title
- Review of the History of Fire Suppression on U.S. DoD Aircraft.
- Coporate
- Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Lakehurst, NJ
- Report
- HOTWC 2006,
- Book or Conf
- Halon Options Technical Working Conference, 16th Proceedings. HOTWC 2006. May 16-18, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, 1-37 p., 2006
- Keywords
- halon alternatives | halons | halon 1301 | fire suppression | military aircraft | compartments | nacelle engines | fuel tanks | ullage | safety | survivability | fire statistics | commercial aircraft | accidents | aircraft fires | boiling point | halon 1011 | air temperature | weather effects | aircraft fuel tanks | halon 1011 | halon 1001
- Identifiers
- powerplant compartments, which include engine nacelles and auxiliary power unit (APU) compartments; dry bay compartments; fuel tank ullage (wet bays); pilot response and system effectiveness; Safety Perspective: example breakout of some catastrophic mishap causal factors; study of fatal accidents in worldwide commercial jet fleet, 1987 - 2004 (Fire-NI denotes non-impact fire events); study of fatal accidents in worldwide commercial jet fleet, 1980 - 2001; USN fire mishaps and incidents, aircraft destroyed or not destroyed due to fire, 1977-1993; USN fire mishaps and incidents by aircraft compartment, 1977-1993; auxiliary power unit (APU) compartment; gas turbine compressor (GTC) compartment; number of incidents (number of mishaps/incidents reviewed), 1980-2002; percentage of fire incidents occurring in geographic cold or severe-cold environments; outside air temperature (OAT); rotary aircraft; fixed-wing aircraft