- Author
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Seevers, M. R.
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Seevers, J. A.
- Title
- Field Survey of Helicopter External Accessories and Review of Inadvertent External Load Releases.
- Coporate
- Forest Service, San Dimas, CA
- Report
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Report 9257 1202-SDTDC
August 1992
22 p.
- Keywords
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helicopters
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surveys
- Abstract
- The San Dimas Technology and Development Center conducted a field survey regarding helicopter external accessories problems and failures. This investigation into the effectiveness and reliability of helicopter external accessories was in response to incident reports regarding numerous helicopter external load releases. Two issues are addressed in this Project Report. The primary item is that of helicopter external accessory failures, while the second issue is the recurrent serious problem of heliocopter inadvertent external load releases.