ARP5916: Design Specification for Regional Aircraft Towbarless Tow Vehicle for Pushback and/or Maintenance Towing Operations - Recommended Practice

Features

Issuing Committee: AGE-3 Aircraft Ground Support Equipment Committee

Scope

Content: The tow vehicle should be designed for towbarless push-back and/or maintenance towing of regional type aircraft as specified in 1.3.

The design will ensure that the unit will safely secure the aircraft nose landing gear within the coupling system for any operational mode.

The purpose of this towing procedure is to achieve a safer and faster operation than is possible with conventional towing equipment.

Meta Tags

Topics: Ground support
Failure modes and effects analysis
Four wheel steering
Traction control

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/ARP5916

Pages: 21

Citation: SAE International Recommended Practice, Design Specification for Regional Aircraft Towbarless Tow Vehicle for Pushback and/or Maintenance Towing Operations, SAE Standard ARP5916, Issued December 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/ARP5916.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Dec 30, 2004

Product Code: ARP5916

Content Type: Recommended Practice

Status: Current

Language: English

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