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Performance Standards for Single-Occupant, Side-Facing Seats in Civil Rotorcraft, Transport Aircraft, and General Aviation Aircraft
- Aerospace Standard
- AS8049/1
- Issued
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Scope
This Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aerospace Standard (AS) Annex defines Minimum Performance Standards (MPS), qualification requirements, and minimum documentation requirements for side-facing seats in civil rotorcraft, transport aircraft, and general aviation aircraft. The goal is to define test and evaluation criteria to demonstrate occupant protection when a single-occupant side-facing seat/occupant/restraint system is subjected to statically applied ultimate loads and to dynamic test conditions set forth in the applicable 14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 23, 25, 27 or 29.
While this Annex addresses system performance, responsibility for the seating system is divided between the seat supplier and the installation applicant. The seat supplier’s responsibility consists of meeting all the seat system performance requirements and obtaining and supplying to the installation applicant all the data prescribed by this document. The installation applicant has the final responsibility in assuring that all requirements for safe seat installation have been met.
Rationale
Single Place side facing seats are currently installed on Transport Category aircraft by Special Conditions. This Aircraft Standard describes dynamic test procedures and pass/fail criteria for single place side-facing seats that are considered to provide an equivalent level of safety when compared to fore and aft facing seats. These test criteria are considered the Minimum Performance Standard for that would allow for TSO-C127 approval for single-place side facing seats, and streamline the certification effort for the installation of these seats onto the aircraft.
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Data Sets - Support Documents
| Title | Description | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Dataset 1 | ||
| TABLE 1 | TEST CONDITIONS, SINGLE-OCCUPANT SEAT |
Issuing Committee
The Aerospace Council of SAE established the Aircraft Seat Committee (SEAT) in 1997 to address technical issues related to the design and/or performance of aircraft seating systems. The seating systems include crew, flight attendants, and passenger seats installed in Civil Rotorcraft, Transport Aircraft, and General Aviation Aircraft.
A list of the technical reports developed by the SEAT Committee can be obtained by searching on 'aircraft seat' and selecting 'standards', from the SAE Home Page. SEAT StandardsReference
| Number | Title |
|---|---|
| 1999-01-1609 | A Lumbar Spine Modification to the Hybrid III ATD For Aircraft Seat Tests |
| ARP5482 | Photometric Data Acquisition Procedures for Impact Test |
| ARP5526 | Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications |
| AS8043 | TORSO RESTRAINT SYSTEMS |
| J1733_201811 | Sign Convention for Vehicle Crash Testing |
| J211-2 | This document is not part of the subscrption. |
| J211/1_201403 | Instrumentation for Impact Test - Part 1 - Electronic Instrumentation |
| J211/2_201406 | Instrumentation for Impact Test—Part 2: Photographic Instrumentation |
| J2111_201507 | Headlamp Cleaners |
| J826_201511 | Devices for Use in Defining and Measuring Vehicle Seating Accommodation |
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