Army Aircraft Icing - TR02-130001
Abstract - TR02-130002
Army Aircraft Icing - TR02-130003
ABSTRACT - TR02-130004
CONTENTS - TR02-130006
CONTENTS - continued - TR02-130007
CONTENTS - continued - TR02-130008
INTRODUCTION - TR02-130010
INTRODUCTION - continued - TR02-130011
ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS
Current and future operations
Flight into icing conditions
SOURCES OF PRIMARY INFORMATION
TRADOC System Manager Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Conference
TRADOC System Manager Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Conference - continued
Aviation Ground Support Equipment User's Conference (AGSEUC)
TRADOC System Manager for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Fort Huachuca
CRREL/DCD-AVIATION ICING SURVEY
Table 2. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to time currently required to deice aircraft
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Table 3. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to aircraft damage during deicing
Table 4. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to forecasted icing in the mission flight path
Flight operations questionnaire
Table 5. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled by ground icing
Table 5. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled by ground icing - continued
Table 6. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled as a result of actual or forecast icing
Flights disrupted due to unexpected in-flight icing.
Table 7. Flight operations reports (by location) of flights disrupted as a result of unexpected in-flight icing
Aircraft and ground maintenance questionnaire
Table 8. Aircraft and ground maintenance reports (by location) of aircraft groundings due either to snow or ice on the aircraft before flight or to actual or forecast in-flight icing
Aircraft and ground maintenance questionnaire - continued
Weather support questionnaire
Table 9. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month with snow or ice as precipitation events
Table 9. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month with snow or ice as precipitation events - continued
Number of days per month with in-flight icing forecast or reported
Table 10. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month that in-flight icing is forecast or reported
Table 10. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month that in-flight icing is forecast or reported - continued
Typical duration for forecast in-flight icing conditions
Table 11. Weather support reports (by location) of typical duration of forecast in- flight icing conditions
Table 11. Weather support reports (by location) of typical duration of forecast in- flight icing conditions - continued
Potential increase in mission accomplishment from technology innovations
Table 12. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an aircraft deicing technique that allows aircraft to be flight-ready in less than 30 minutes
Table 13. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an environmentally friendly deicing fluid that is compatible with the entire aircraft
Table 14. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an improved icing forecast resulting in a 50% reduction in flight cancellations
Table 15. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an icing hazard warning system in-flight with cockpit display
ARMY SAFETY CENTER DATA ANALYSIS
Results - TR02-130049
Table 16. Icing accidents/incidents in FY85FY 99 by aircraft type.
Table 18. Aircraft accident classifications
Table 20. Aircraft accident/incident rates (FY85FY99)
OVERCOMING ICING'S IMPACT ON ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS
In-flight icing
In-flight icing - continued
Preflight deicing
Preflight deicing - continued
DISCUSSION - TR02-130058
DISCUSSION - continued - TR02-130059
LITERATURE CITED - TR02-130060
APPENDIX A. ARMY AIRCRAFT
AH-64D Longbow Apache helicopter
UH-60/MH-60/EH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
APPENDIX B. FOUR QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO ARMY AVIATION UNITS LISTED IN APPENDIX C
APPENDIX B. FOUR QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO ARMY AVIATION UNITS LISTED IN APPENDIX C - continued
Aircraft and Ground Maintenace AVIATION XXX
Weather Support
APPENDIX C. ARMY AVIATION UNITS TO WHICH QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires - continued - TR02-130071
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires - continued - TR02-130072
APPENDIX D. COMMANDERS' ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT MISSION IMPACT AND POTENTIAL MISSION ENHANCEMENT
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130075
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130076
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130077
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130078
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130079
Time required to deice aircraft before flight
Time required to deice aircraft before flight - continued
Aircraft damage due to improper deicing techniques or inadequate training
Aircraft damage due to improper deicing techniques or inadequate training - continued
Forecasted icing conditions in the mission flight plan
Forecasted icing conditions in the mission flight plan - continued
Deicing technique for flight ready in <30 minutes
Environmentally friendly deicing fluid
Improved icing forecast (50% reduction in flight cancellations)
Cockpit display of in-flight icing hazard warning
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing)
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing) - continued - TR02-130091
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing) - continued - TR02-130092
APPENDIX E. OCCURRENCE OF FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND DISRUPTIONS
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130095
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130096
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130097
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130098
Flight Operations Comments
APPENDIX F. RESPONSES TO AIRCRAFT AND GROUND MAINTENANCE QUESTIONNAIRE
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130102
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130103
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130104
Table F2. Aircraft groundings due to ground or in-flight icing
Table F2. Aircraft groundings due to ground or in-flight icing - continued
Table F3. Protection from snow/ice accumulatio for aircraft on ground
Table F3. Protection from snow/ice accumulatio for aircraft on ground - continued
Table F4. Are aircrat deieced?
Table F4. Are aircrat deieced? - continued
Table F5. Pre-flight deicing, and time required
Table F5. Pre-flight deicing, and time required - continued
Table F6. Deicing damage to aircraft [1=negligable, 5=significant]
Table F6. Deicing damage to aircraft [1=negligable, 5=significant] - continued
Comments on increase in flight readiness
Respondents' experience with icing
Respondents' experience with icing - continued - TR02-130117
Respondents' experience with icing - continued - TR02-130118
APPENDIX G. RESPONSES TO WEATHER SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE (PARTS A THROUGH C), BY UNIT
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130121
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130122
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130123
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130124
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION)
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130126
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130127
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130128
REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE - TR02-130129
TR02-13
Abstract - TR02-130002
Army Aircraft Icing - TR02-130003
ABSTRACT - TR02-130004
CONTENTS - TR02-130006
CONTENTS - continued - TR02-130007
CONTENTS - continued - TR02-130008
INTRODUCTION - TR02-130010
INTRODUCTION - continued - TR02-130011
ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS
Current and future operations
Flight into icing conditions
SOURCES OF PRIMARY INFORMATION
TRADOC System Manager Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Conference
TRADOC System Manager Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Conference - continued
Aviation Ground Support Equipment User's Conference (AGSEUC)
TRADOC System Manager for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Fort Huachuca
CRREL/DCD-AVIATION ICING SURVEY
Table 2. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to time currently required to deice aircraft
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Table 3. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to aircraft damage during deicing
Table 4. Commanders' ratings (by location) of mission impact due to forecasted icing in the mission flight path
Flight operations questionnaire
Table 5. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled by ground icing
Table 5. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled by ground icing - continued
Table 6. Flight operations reports (by location) of scheduled flights cancelled as a result of actual or forecast icing
Flights disrupted due to unexpected in-flight icing.
Table 7. Flight operations reports (by location) of flights disrupted as a result of unexpected in-flight icing
Aircraft and ground maintenance questionnaire
Table 8. Aircraft and ground maintenance reports (by location) of aircraft groundings due either to snow or ice on the aircraft before flight or to actual or forecast in-flight icing
Aircraft and ground maintenance questionnaire - continued
Weather support questionnaire
Table 9. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month with snow or ice as precipitation events
Table 9. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month with snow or ice as precipitation events - continued
Number of days per month with in-flight icing forecast or reported
Table 10. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month that in-flight icing is forecast or reported
Table 10. Weather support reports (by location) of days per month that in-flight icing is forecast or reported - continued
Typical duration for forecast in-flight icing conditions
Table 11. Weather support reports (by location) of typical duration of forecast in- flight icing conditions
Table 11. Weather support reports (by location) of typical duration of forecast in- flight icing conditions - continued
Potential increase in mission accomplishment from technology innovations
Table 12. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an aircraft deicing technique that allows aircraft to be flight-ready in less than 30 minutes
Table 13. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an environmentally friendly deicing fluid that is compatible with the entire aircraft
Table 14. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an improved icing forecast resulting in a 50% reduction in flight cancellations
Table 15. Commanders' ratings (by location) of potential impact on mission of an icing hazard warning system in-flight with cockpit display
ARMY SAFETY CENTER DATA ANALYSIS
Results - TR02-130049
Table 16. Icing accidents/incidents in FY85FY 99 by aircraft type.
Table 18. Aircraft accident classifications
Table 20. Aircraft accident/incident rates (FY85FY99)
OVERCOMING ICING'S IMPACT ON ARMY AVIATION OPERATIONS
In-flight icing
In-flight icing - continued
Preflight deicing
Preflight deicing - continued
DISCUSSION - TR02-130058
DISCUSSION - continued - TR02-130059
LITERATURE CITED - TR02-130060
APPENDIX A. ARMY AIRCRAFT
AH-64D Longbow Apache helicopter
UH-60/MH-60/EH-60 Black Hawk helicopter
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
APPENDIX B. FOUR QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO ARMY AVIATION UNITS LISTED IN APPENDIX C
APPENDIX B. FOUR QUESTIONNAIRES DISTRIBUTED TO ARMY AVIATION UNITS LISTED IN APPENDIX C - continued
Aircraft and Ground Maintenace AVIATION XXX
Weather Support
APPENDIX C. ARMY AVIATION UNITS TO WHICH QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires - continued - TR02-130071
Table C1. Aviation units that received questionnaires - continued - TR02-130072
APPENDIX D. COMMANDERS' ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT MISSION IMPACT AND POTENTIAL MISSION ENHANCEMENT
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130075
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130076
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130077
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130078
Table D1. Commander's ranking of mission impact and enhancement - continued - TR02-130079
Time required to deice aircraft before flight
Time required to deice aircraft before flight - continued
Aircraft damage due to improper deicing techniques or inadequate training
Aircraft damage due to improper deicing techniques or inadequate training - continued
Forecasted icing conditions in the mission flight plan
Forecasted icing conditions in the mission flight plan - continued
Deicing technique for flight ready in <30 minutes
Environmentally friendly deicing fluid
Improved icing forecast (50% reduction in flight cancellations)
Cockpit display of in-flight icing hazard warning
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing)
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing) - continued - TR02-130091
Comments (Respondent's experience with icing) - continued - TR02-130092
APPENDIX E. OCCURRENCE OF FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS AND DISRUPTIONS
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130095
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130096
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130097
Table E1. Flight cancellations disruptions - continued - TR02-130098
Flight Operations Comments
APPENDIX F. RESPONSES TO AIRCRAFT AND GROUND MAINTENANCE QUESTIONNAIRE
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130102
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130103
Table F1. Potential increase in flight readinesswith availability of deicing facility - continued - TR02-130104
Table F2. Aircraft groundings due to ground or in-flight icing
Table F2. Aircraft groundings due to ground or in-flight icing - continued
Table F3. Protection from snow/ice accumulatio for aircraft on ground
Table F3. Protection from snow/ice accumulatio for aircraft on ground - continued
Table F4. Are aircrat deieced?
Table F4. Are aircrat deieced? - continued
Table F5. Pre-flight deicing, and time required
Table F5. Pre-flight deicing, and time required - continued
Table F6. Deicing damage to aircraft [1=negligable, 5=significant]
Table F6. Deicing damage to aircraft [1=negligable, 5=significant] - continued
Comments on increase in flight readiness
Respondents' experience with icing
Respondents' experience with icing - continued - TR02-130117
Respondents' experience with icing - continued - TR02-130118
APPENDIX G. RESPONSES TO WEATHER SUPPORT QUESTIONNAIRE (PARTS A THROUGH C), BY UNIT
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130121
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130122
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130123
Table G1. Occurance and Duration of Actual or forecast icing events - continued - TR02-130124
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION)
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130126
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130127
APPENDIX H. BLADE DEICE PROCEDURES (COURTESY OF DCD-AVIATION) - continued - TR02-130128
REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE - TR02-130129
TR02-13
