Impact Track - Biodynamics Research Team

The heart of the Biodynamics Lab is the Impact Track. At 140 feet in length with two precision rails, a sled, winch, and braking system, "The Track" has proven its ability to play an important role in understanding crash environments. With a sled propelled to 44 feet per second and suddenly decelerated to simulate an impact, a great deal can be learned in a short (200 millisecond) time period. Head Impact, Seat Deformation, Child Restraint Performance, and Seat Certification Processes are...

Dummy Shop - Biodynamics Research Team

Our Research Focus

ATDs or Anthropomorphic Test Dummies are the "real name" for test subjects. Although they don't frown about being called dummies they do help researchers understand what happens in airplane crash situations, and how to better protect occupants from injury. With instruments loaded from head to foot, a great deal of information is gained. Thank goodness they have hard heads!

There are more than 20 ATDs in the Dummy Shop, from 6 months old to...

Water Survival Research

Our Research Focus

The Cabin Safety Research Team investigates issues of water survival for passengers of commercial aircraft. CAMI maintains a fully-functional water survival tank that is used to evaluate new designs for personal flotation devices, life rafts, slide/rafts, and other emergency equipment. In addition to the evaluation of new designs, we conduct tests of existing of aviation water safety equipment to both strict interpretations of existing regulations and in novel...

Passenger Information Research

Our Research Focus

The Cabin Safety Research Team takes an active role in investigating the efficacy of various methods of transferring safety information to the flying public. This includes, but is not limited to, research involving passenger safety briefings, seat-back safety information cards, graphical safety signs, pictographic information placards, passenger information comprehension, and passenger information retention.

Serious Games

Serious...

Fire Research

Our Research Focus

Fire research for the FAA is primarily conducted at the William J. Hughes Technical Center. The Cabin Safety Research Team (CSRT) provides input into aircraft cabin fire safety primarily by conducting research focusing on crew inflight equipment and related procedures being used use in the aviation environment.

The CSRT Aircraft Fire Research Lab ("Fire Lab") is a simulated transport-category aircraft cabin firefighting research facility capable of...

Evacuation Research

Our Research Focus

The Cabin Safety Research Team supports FAA regulatory and airworthiness functions through the conduct of research in the area of aircraft emergency evacuation. Questions concerning seating density, exit size and location, passenger flow rates through exits, and passenger and flight attendant behavior are investigated using our full aircraft cabin simulators and human research subjects. The Cabin Safety Research Team is also exploring the use of computer modeling...

Cabin Safety Research Workshops

Cabin Safety Research Workshops are sponsored by the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), Aerospace Medical Research Division, Protection and Survival Research Lab, Cabin Safety Research Team (AAM-632).

Thank you for your interest in our Cabin Safety Research Workshops. The workshops, held at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are designed to familiarize interested aviation personnel with important research activities conducted by the FAA in...

Contact Information

Autopsy Team

Federal Aviation Administration
AAM-612, Autopsy Team, Rm 331
CAMI, Building 13
6500 S. MacArthur Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73169

Email: Autopsy-info@faa.gov

Performance Informatics Team

Federal Aviation Administration
AAM-612, Performance Informatics Team, Rm...

Autopsy Information

One of the Federal Aviation Administration's missions is to prevent and reduce deaths and injuries resulting from aircraft accidents. To accomplish this mission, the FAA has statutory authority and a congressional mandate to conduct crash injury research by collecting relevant data in the interest of protecting public safety. Accordingly, if an autopsy is performed, we respectfully request a copy of the report be forwarded to:

Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aerospace...

Engineering Sciences Section

The Engineering Sciences Section is made up of the Biodynamics Research Team and the Cabin Safety Research Team. Engineering Sciences Section personnel provide state-of-the-art information, procedures, and equipment evaluations relative to aircraft crash survival, and safety of passengers and crewmembers during normal operations and emergency aircraft evacuation events. For example, the Cabin Safety, and Biodynamics Research Teams are key contributors to the development of national and international aviation safety equipment standards and survival procedures.