Threats to Aviation Safety Caused by Defects in Aircraft Airframe Systems

• Autorzy: Balicki Włodzimierz , Głowacki Paweł , Loroch Leszek

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/tar-2022-0002

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Alongside the increase in air traffic and number of aircraft, the number of reported aviation events has also been increasing. We processed the data included in the European Coordination Centre for Aviation Incident Reporting Systems (RCCAIRS), analyzing small and large aircraft reliability and the safety of their operations, covering events according to ICAO aviation occurrence categories. Airframe systems are the largest contributor to the total number of reported events which occurred in Polish registered aircraft in the years 2008-2020. A detailed study of airframe systems reliability was carried out in order to assess the real reason for the failures. Airframe systems faults were assigned to specific ATA chapters and then to each of their sections. The results of this analysis may support the decisions of supervisory authorities in the areas where security threats are most important. They can also help aircraft operators with identification of the airframe units which require special attention. Identification of significant parts due to the frequency of malfunctions of particular system components may support designers. In short, these results are valuable in terms of further developments in statistical tools facilitating New Product Introduction (NPI).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

aviation transport; flight safety; safety performance indicators; airframe system; aviation occurrence

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwa Naukowe Sieci Badawczej Łukasiewicz - Instytutu Lotnictwa
• Czasopismo: Transactions on Aerospace Research
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Nr 1 (266)
• Strony: 18--34
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 13 poz., rys., tab., wykr., wzory

Twórcy

autor

Balicki Włodzimierz

• Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation, al. Krakowska 110/114, 02-256 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1711-0321

autor

Głowacki Paweł

• Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation, al. Krakowska 110/114, 02-256 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9852-095X

autor

Loroch Leszek

• Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation, al. Krakowska 110/114, 02-256 Warsaw, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6107-6840

Bibliografia

• [1] ICAO, Common Taxonomy Team, (4.6). Aviation Occurrence Categories, Definitions and Usage Notes. (2013).
• [2] European Aviation Safety Agency. Annual Safety Review 2014. EASA Safety Intelligence & Performance Department, Cologne, Germany (2015).
• [3] ATA. Specification 100 - Specification for Manufacturers’ Technical Data. Publications Department, Airtransport Association (ATA) of America, Inc. Washington, DC 20004-1707 USA.
• [4] ICAO, Safety Management Manual (SMM). Doc 9859, AN/474, 3rd edition. (2012).
• [5] Civil Aviation Authority, Safety Management Manual., 2nd edition, (2009) (in Polish).
• [6] Analysis of Airprox in UK Airspace, Report Number 32. (2016), ISSN 1479-2729.
• [7] Direction de l’aviation civile, Annual Safety Review. Le Governement du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg, Ministere du Developpement durable et des Infrastructures, (2015).
• [8] Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board STSB, Annual Report (2016).
• [9] Balicki, Włodzimierz, Głowacki, Paweł, Loroch, Leszek. “Safety performance indicators assessment for small aircraft airframe systems.” Journal of KONES Powertrain and Transport, ISSN 1231-4005, Vol. 23, No. 2, (2016).
• [10] Balicki, Włodzimierz and Głowacki, Paweł. “ICAO aviation occurrence categories significantly affected aviation safety in Poland for the period 2008-2015.” Scientific Journal of the Silesian University of Technology, Series Transport, Volume 94 (2017).
• [11] Coppola, Anthony. Practical Statistical Tools for the Reliability Engineer. Reliability Analysis Center, 201 Mill Street, Rome Ny 13440-6916 (1999).
• [12] Civil Aviation Authority, National Security Plan: Data on Events of 2016, Warsaw, (May 2017) (in Polish).
• [13] Pettit, Duane and Turnbull, Andrew. General Aviation Aircraft Reliability Study. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia 23681-2199, (2001).

Uwagi

1. The article is financed from the Łukasiewicz Institute of Aviation’s statutory funding (Project no 22122).

2. Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).