Systems and methods for issuing a hard landing warning and providing maintenance advisories for hard landing incidents
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1. A hard landing warning system for an aircraft, comprising:
- at least one flight instrument collecting flight instrument data;
a hard landing indicator; and
a processor coupled to the at least one flight instrument and the hard landing indicator, the processor configured to;
determine if the aircraft is in the landing phase based upon the flight instrument data;
determine, when the aircraft is in a landing phase, a descent condition of the aircraft based upon the flight instrument data; and
issue a hard landing warning via the hard landing indicator if the descent condition indicates a potential hard landing before the aircraft has landed.
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Abstract
An aircraft is provided. The aircraft may include, but is not limited to, an accelerometer configured to measure a deceleration experienced by the aircraft and a processor coupled to the accelerometer. The processor may be configured to determine if the aircraft experienced a hard landing if the deceleration experienced by the aircraft was greater than a predetermined threshold, and generate a maintenance advisory if the aircraft experienced a hard landing.
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1. A hard landing warning system for an aircraft, comprising:
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at least one flight instrument collecting flight instrument data; a hard landing indicator; and a processor coupled to the at least one flight instrument and the hard landing indicator, the processor configured to; determine if the aircraft is in the landing phase based upon the flight instrument data; determine, when the aircraft is in a landing phase, a descent condition of the aircraft based upon the flight instrument data; and issue a hard landing warning via the hard landing indicator if the descent condition indicates a potential hard landing before the aircraft has landed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method executed by a processor, the method comprising:
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determining if an aircraft is in a landing phase; determining, when the aircraft is in the landing phase, a descent condition for the aircraft; and issuing a hard landing warning when the descent condition indicates a possibility of a hard landing before the aircraft has landed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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