JAR 27.562 Emergency landing dynamic
conditions
(a) The rotorcraft, although it may be
damaged in an emergency crash landing, must be
designed to reasonably protect each occupant
when –
(1) The occupant properly uses the
seats, safety belts, and shoulder harnesses
provided in the design; and
(2) The occupant is exposed to the
loads resulting from the conditions prescribed
in this paragraph.
(b) Each seat type design or other seating
device approved for crew or passenger occupancy
during take-off and landing must successfully
complete dynamic tests or be demonstrated by
rational analysis based on dynamic tests of a
similar type seat in accordance with the following
criteria. The tests must be conducted with an
occupant, simulated by a 77 kg (170-pound)
anthropomorphic test dummy (ATD), sitting in
the normal upright position.
(1) A change in downward velocity of
not less than 9.1 metres per second (30 ft/s)
when the seat or other seating device is
oriented in its nominal position with respect to
the rotorcraft’s reference system, the
rotorcraft’s longitudinal axis is canted upward
60° with respect to the impact velocity vector,
and the rotorcraft’s lateral axis is perpendicular
to a vertical plane containing the impact
velocity vector and the rotorcraft’s longitudinal
axis. Peak floor deceleration must occur in not
more than 0.031 seconds after impact and must
reach a minimum of 30 g.
(2) A change in forward velocity of not
less than 12.8 metres per second (42 ft/s) when
the seat or other seating device is oriented in its
nominal position with respect to the rotorcraft’s
reference system, the rotorcraft’s longitudinal axis
is yawed 10° either right or left of the impact
velocity vector (whichever would cause the
greatest load on the shoulder harness), the
rotorcraft’s lateral axis is contained in a horizontal
plane containing the impact velocity vector, and
the rotorcraft’s vertical axis is perpendicular to a
horizontal plane containing the impact velocity
vector. Peak floor deceleration must occur in not
more than 0.071 seconds after impact and must
reach a minimum of 18.4 g.
(3) Where floor rails or floor or sidewall
attachment devices are used to attach the seating
devices to the airframe structure for the conditions
of this paragraph, the rails or devices must be
misaligned with respect to each other by at least
10° vertically (i.e. pitch out of parallel) and by at
least a 10° lateral roll, with the directions
optional, to account for possible floor warp.
(c) Compliance with the following must be
shown:
(1) The seating device system must
remain intact although it may experience
separation intended as part of its design.
(2) The attachment between the seating
device and the airframe structure must remain
intact, although the structure may have
exceeded its limit load.
(3) The ATD’s shoulder harness strap
or straps must remain on or in the immediate
vicinity of the ATD’s shoulder during the
impact.
(4) The safety belt must remain on the
ATD’s pelvis during the impact.
(5) The ATD’s head either does not
contact any portion of the crew or passenger
compartment, or if contact is made, the head
impact does not exceed a head injury criteria
(HIC) of 1000 as determined by this equation.
Where: a(t) is the resultant acceleration at the
centre of gravity of the head form expressed as a
multiple of g (the acceleration of gravity) and
t2-t1 is the time duration, in seconds, of major
head impact, not to exceed 0.05 seconds.
(6) Loads in individual upper torso
[harness straps must not exceed 7784 Newtons]
(1750 pounds). If dual straps are used for
retaining the upper torso, the total harness strap
[loads must not exceed 8896 Newtons]
(2000 pounds).
(7) The maximum compressive load
measured between the pelvis and the lumbar
column of the ATD must not exceed
[6674 Newtons (1500 pounds).]
(d) An alternate approach that achieves an
equivalent or greater level of occupant protection,
as required by this paragraph, must be
substantiated on a rational basis.
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