Fifth Triennial International Aircraft Fire and Cabin Safety Research Conference Atlantic City Octob

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Fifth Triennial International Aircraft Fire and
Cabin Safety Research Conference Atlantic City
October/November 2007

• The Accident Database of the CSRTG

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The Accident Database of the CSRTG

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Database Content
• Key Features
• Exercises

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Introduction
The Accident Database of the CSRTG
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Introduction

• Initiated as part of a European Commission
  Research Project
• Adopted and Developed by the Cabin Safety
  Research Technical Group
• Funding from Transport Canada, UK CAA and FAA

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Purpose
The Accident Database of the CSRTG
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Purpose
The prime purpose of the database is to provide a
tool to assist in the study of past accidents in
order to contribute towards the goal of
continuous improvement in aircraft safety
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Purpose
Safety Research

• Some of the recent Safety Research carried out
  using the CSRTG Accident Database

• Aircraft Accident Fire Survivability Data
• Safety Trends Analysis
• Analysis of Impediments to Evacuation

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Purpose
Benefit Analyses

• Some of the recent Benefit Analyses carried out
  using the CSRTG Accident Database

• A Benefit Analysis For Enhanced Protection from
  Fires in Hidden Areas on Transport Aircraft
• A Benefit Analysis for the Installation of
  Automatically Disposable Hatches
• Aircraft Cabin Interior Firefighting

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Database Content
The Accident Database of the CSRTG
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Database Content

• Passenger Cargo operations on aircraft Type
  Certificated with 19 seats or more
• Version 30 of the Database contains
• 3,519 Accidents - period 1967 to 2006
• 2,884 with textual fields
• 1,286 with textual data from accident reports

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Database Content

• Data
• Fields populated primarily by data published by
  the Authorities
• For accidents where it is not possible to obtain
  official reports, RGWC has collaborated with the
  Aviation Safety Network to incorporate their data

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Key Features
The Accident Database of the CSRTG
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Key Features of the Database

• Database Software
• Written in Visual Basic to ensure compatibility
  with other Microsoft products Excel, Word, etc

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Key Features of the Database

• Database Software
• Search facility
• word search on text
• field search

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The Future

• Continual Development of the Database with the
  prime emphasis on accidents involving occupant
  injury
• Acquisition of Accident Reports
• Database is available for download at
• www.rgwcherry.co.uk

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Software Exercise
Exercise