Abstract
The article deals with aviation disasters from 1948 to the present and it involves disasters of military jet fighter, fighter-trainer and trainer aircraft. It focuses on the role of human factors of the flight personnel. Based on the extensive analyses of circumstances and causes of individual aviation occurrences, root causes of factors that have endangered the lives of pilots in carrying out their work are determined. To conclude, recommendations are given to reduce or in many cases even to eliminate the effects of these factors on flight safety.
Highlights
Aviation disasters can be definitely considered the most serious type of air accidents, as they always involve human death
This is because the range of causes of aviation disasters is often clearly different from that related to less serious air crashes or damage
Between 1948 and 2019, there occurred a total of 217 aviation disasters involving military jet fighter, fighter-trainer and trainer aircraft operated in the service of the former Czechoslovakia or the present Czech Republic
Summary
Aviation disasters can be definitely considered the most serious type of air accidents, as they always involve human death. The aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the aircraft, and would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component, except for engine failure or damage, when the damage is limited to a single engine, (including its cowlings or accessories), to propellers (rotor blades), wing tips, antennas, probes, vanes, tires, brakes, wheels, fairings, panels, landing gear doors, windscreens, the aircraft skin (such as small dents or puncture holes) or minor damages to main rotor blades, tail rotor blades, landing gear, and those resulting from hail or bird strike, (including holes in the radome); the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.” As it is apparent from the citation above, the Order of the Minister of Defense currently in force merges the formerly distinguished terms (disaster, crash and damage) into one common technical term “aviation accident”. According to the author’s belief and long-term experience, this approach makes it possible to better profile the root factors of causes threatening the lives and health of flight crews, which is the primary task of this study
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