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Usefulness of the adopted method for the number of aviation occurrences prediction

Balicki W., Glowacki P.

Journal of KONES

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2017

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Vol. 24, No. 1

23--29

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Poland – according to ICAO requirements, is obliged to conduct analyses of the coefficients adopted to assess the level of safety in civil aviation. They are carried out on the basis of the data contained in the ECCAIRS database. The authors have processed the data contained in this database by analysing them using various criteria (ICAO aviation occurrence categories, flight phases, different airports) to test the methodology of the safety indicators values forecasting and setting their “warning levels”. Exceedance of these levels could be a signal for taking preventive action by the relevant competent aviation authorities. The proposed method is based on the assumption that the determined parameters are governed by normal distribution rules (Gaussian). Parameter values calculated based on real data from 2016 were compared with those predicted a year earlier. It was found that the factors for different events have increased significantly - above the calculated warning levels, particularly for general aviation. The results of this analysis may support competent aviation authorities' decisions in areas where safety risks are most critical.

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Influence of the selected exploitation tasks on airline operating cost and flight safety taking as an example turbofan engine

Glowacki P.

Journal of KONES

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2016

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Vol. 23, No. 2

129--136

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The total cost of the aircraft maintenance was in 2012 about $ 80 billion, including maintenance, repair and overhaul, ie. MRO market (Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul), the operators of these aircraft have spent about $ 60.7 billion – of which 40% were direct maintenance costs of the engines. It can be concluded that main influencer on airline direct maintenance costs are spending for power plants. The article shows that the appropriate exploitation of the engine, leading not only to the total operating costs (mainly the cost of fuel and maintenance) reduction. Also through continuously engine health monitoring, resulting in a higher reliability, and thereby increases the safety of flying and – what is now especially important – by decreasing fuel consumption reduces greenhouse gas and exhaust toxic components emissions. The modern aircraft engine and its basic performances were described. Based on data, analysis from approximately twenty thousand flights of the specific operator and self-experience, the benefits from the use of specific maintenance and operational tasks are presented. Results of the calculations were demonstrated which proved that engine life extension between overhaul (TBO) has impact on the operator’s maintenance reserves reduction, positive cash flow and fuel cost savings. The article confirms that it need not be contradiction between aircraft operator economic effect, and the improvement of safety of flying.

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Aviation piston engines : flight parameter analysis

Boguszewicz P., Glowacki P.

Journal of KONES

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2016

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Vol. 23, No. 3

41--48

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A program and tools enabling general aviation operators in our country the exploitation of the piston engines oncondition has been developed in the Institute of Aviation. Apart from the existing and strictly supervised engine manuals tasks, the program introduces, among other things, new maintenance mandatory activities like engine parameter monitoring during cruise and climb and a way of assignation diagnostic tolerance limits for them. That has never been performed in the aviation piston engines maintenance practice. In order to improve such analysis a flight data recorder (FDR) EDM 900 has been installed on the DA20- C1 „Katana” aircraft equipped with IO-240-B engine, which will allow elimination of the pilot's read errors and examination of the changes in the parameters during the entire flight. This will enable estimating if at a certain time of the flight a specified engine parameter is not exceeding the permissible values. Parameters from cruise have to be recorded in the similar range of the engine rpm’s. The parameters are oil pressure, oil temperature, cylinder head temperature, EGT, fuel flow, outside air temperature, rpm and altitude. Lower and upper acceptable limit values should be set, in which they can be contained throughout engine life. Engineers should also observe the trend of their changes. This article shows results of the aviation piston engine parameters analysis taken from FDR for ground runs, take-offs and cruise flight phases.

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Aircraft engines : analysis of reported systems failures in Polish aviation during years 2008-2015

Balicki W., Glowacki P.

Journal of KONES

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2016

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Vol. 23, No. 1

31--37

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Aircraft engine failure during different aircraft flight phases can cause accidents or incidents. ICAO Annex 19 requires from each state establishing the state safety program (SSP) and from the subordinate aviation organizations safety management system (SMS). Point 5.2.1 of Annex 19 instructs to establish safety database, which should be used for effective analysis of actual and potential safety deficiencies. Such analysis should lead to determining necessary measures in order to improve safety. Polish Civil Aviation Authority among other databases manages an important one called European Coordination Centre for Aviation Incident Reporting Systems (ECCAIRS). The authors have done a laborious processing of the data contained in that database analysing engine failures based on criteria like phases of flight, ATA chapters concerning powerplant and category of the occurrence. Separately, under consideration were taken engines installed on aircraft with an MTOM <5700 kg (mainly General Aviation) and for aircraft with MTOM > 5700 kg (commercial aviation). The article presents a proposed method of predicting the number of events, the alert levels for the next years and for ATA chapters’ determination, assuming a normal distribution (Gaussian). It is one of the first attempts to use the actual data contained in the database of events in Poland. The results of this analysis can support the decisions of supervisory authorities in the areas where security threats are most important.