@article{ref1,
title="Social acceptance of increased usage of the ballistic parachute system in a general aviation aircraft",
journal="Aerospace medicine and human performance",
year="2020",
author="Kirby, Joseph",
volume="91",
number="2",
pages="86-90",
abstract="<b>BACKGROUND:</b> An airframe parachute (&quot;Chute&quot;) available in certain aircraft is designed to lower the airplane safely to the ground for emergency situations that occur 500 ft (152 m) above ground level (AGL): the &quot;Chute altitude envelope.&quot; This study will explore the change in Chute use before and after 2012 to better understand factors that increased usage and improved accident outcomes.<b>METHODS:</b> Using the public National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) accident database from January 1, 2001, through August 31, 2018, a regression model was developed to identify factors that may predict Chute use.<b>RESULTS:</b> In accidents occurring after January 1, 2013, pilots were 5 times more likely to use the Chute, while 2.9 times less likely to use the Chute when the accident involved pilot-related causes. The presence of passengers did not predict Chute use. Injuries were likely to be more severe when the Chute was used outside the Chute altitude envelope.<b>DISCUSSION:</b> In contrast to General Aviation (GA) overall, accidents outcomes in aircraft equipped with a Chute have seen great improvements between 2013 and 2018, with increased use of the Chute and improved injury outcomes. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that changes to pilot training in 2012 have increased the social acceptance of Chute use. <br><br>RESULTS highlight increased risk of injury outcomes for Chute use in accidents that occur outside the Chute altitude envelope.<b>Kirby J. <i>Social acceptance of increased usage of the ballistic parachute system in a general aviation aircraft</i>. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020; 91(2):86-90.</b><p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2375-6314",
doi="10.3357/AMHP.5453.2020",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3357/AMHP.5453.2020"
}