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The FAA Regional/Commuter Aircraft Flight Loads Data Collection Program
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As a part of its International Aging Aircraft Research Program, the Federal Aviation Administration is establishing a state-of-the-art Flight Loads Data Collection Program. Data collected in this program will provide the necessary mission profiles and load spectra information to characterize typical fleet service usage for the regional/commuter service life extension program. In addition, these data are applicable for both a safe life fatigue analysis and a damage tolerance fracture mechanics analysis. This paper describes the FAA approach and schedule for instrumenting fleet service aircraft, and the data reduction process.
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DeFiore, T. and Barnes, T., "The FAA Regional/Commuter Aircraft Flight Loads Data Collection Program," SAE Technical Paper 931258, 1993, https://doi.org/10.4271/931258.Also In
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- DOT/FAA-CT-89/36 I-V The NASA Digital VGH Program - Exploration of Methods and Final Results December 1989
- DOT-FAA-92/20 “Statistical Analysis of Fatigue Load Spectra Determined from the NASA VGH General Aviation Data Base,” December 1992
- FAA Report No. AFS-120-73-2 “Fatigue Evaluation of Wing and Associated Structure on Small Airplanes”