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REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Material Resources Sector Defensive Technologies Department
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DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR OF AIRCRAFT LASTA AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING
IVANA ILIĆ GOMES Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs VLADAN VELIČKOVIĆ Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs MARKO BOJANIĆ Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs MARINA OSTOJIĆ DOO UTVA AI, Pančevo, majce74@yahoo.com MARIJA BLAŽIĆ Military Technical Institute, Belgrade, vti@vti.vs.rs
Abstract: This paper gives analysis of damage and activities that are done in order to repair training aircraft Lasta prototype 1 after emergency landing that occurred during a test flight. The accident occurred as a result of landing of the aircraft on a concrete runway without extended landing gear. The gear-up landing damaged parts of the structures were checked by using non-destructive testing (NDT) methods and repaired or replaced. Special attention was put on testing the wing-fuselage joint. After repair of the aircraft its flight envelope was reduced and the aircraft was put back into regular use. Keywords: aircraft Lasta, emergency landing, NDT methods, structure repairs. |
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