ホットエアバルーンの墜落による死亡や負傷に関連する要因

C T Cowl¹, M P Jones, C F Lynch

¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA.

JAMA

|April 9, 1998

まとめ

熱気球の墜落は危険であり,物体にぶつかることは,重傷や死亡を予測する最も重要な要因である. ほとんどの墜落事故の原因はパイロットミスが原因で,安全対策の改善の必要性を強調した.

科学分野:

航空安全航空安全について
事故調査事故調査
怪我の予防怪我の予防について

背景:

熱気球飛行はますます人気が高まっていますが,関連する負傷や死亡者に関するデータは依然として稀です.
墜落のダイナミクスを理解することは,レクリエーション航空における乗客の安全性の向上に不可欠です.

研究の目的:

熱気球墜落事故における負傷および死亡に寄与する重要な要因を特定する.
事故データを分析して,熱気球事故の予防戦略を策定する.

主な方法:

民間航空委員会と国家交通安全委員会からのデータを用いて,遡及的分析が行われました.
1964年から1995年の間に1533人の個人が関与した米国の熱気球墜落事故を調査した.
事故報告を調査し,事故の総数と重篤な結果に関連する要因を決定しました.

主要な成果:

ホットエアバルーンの墜落事故は495件あり,1964年から1995年の間に92人が死亡,384人が重傷を負った.
墜落事故の85.1%に操縦ミスまたは操縦障害が関係していた.
地面との衝突と電力線との接触は,重篤な結果の有意な予測要因であったが,回帰分析では,致命的な衝突を予測したのは,衝突した物体の種類のみであった.

結論:

熱気球が衝突する物体は,衝突の重度や死亡率を予測する最も重要な要因です.
環境的危険に焦点を当てた標的型予防措置は,将来の熱気球事故の負傷を減らすために不可欠です.

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