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  2. Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 - Wikipedia

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    On the Piper, the impact point was just forward of the left wing root. [3] The impact severed the entire tail assembly of the DC-9, which rolled left until it was inverted and crashed into a soybean field at an approximate speed of 400 mph (350 kn; 640 km/h) about 100 yards (300 ft; 91 m) north of the Shady Acres mobile home park.

  3. Hughes Airwest Flight 706 - Wikipedia

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    Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC-9-31 involved in the collision Type McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 Operator Hughes Airwest ...

  4. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    After the collision the planes plummeted into Tokyo Bay. Two of the bodies have been recovered and search is continuing for the third. The Air Force did not say which bodies have been recovered. [16] F-86D-45-NA Sabre, 52-3983, and T-33A-1-LO Shooting Star, 52-9749, were involved. [11] [17] 7 January

  5. Impact (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    In mechanics, an impact is when two bodies collide. During this collision, both bodies decelerate. The deceleration causes a high force or shock, applied over a short time period. A high force, over a short duration, usually causes more damage to both bodies than a lower force applied over a proportionally longer duration.

  6. Crumple zone - Wikipedia

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    A crash test illustrates how a crumple zone absorbs energy from an impact. Road Maintenance Truck Impact Attenuator, Auckland, New Zealand Extent of the crumple zones (blue) and the driver's safety cell (red) of an E217 series train The crumple zone on the front of these cars absorbed the impact of an offset head-on collision.

  7. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    The collision at 15,150 feet altitude killed F-4 pilot 1st Lt. James R. Phillips, 28, of Denver, Colorado (inoperable canopy release), the RIO ejecting and landing near Azusa, California. All 44 passengers and five crewmembers were killed aboard the DC-9, which impacted into a remote canyon of Mt. Bliss approximately three miles N of the city ...

  8. Head injury criterion - Wikipedia

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    A HIC-15 (meaning a measure of impact over 15 milliseconds) of 700 is estimated to represent a 5 percent risk of a severe injury (Mertz et al., 1997). A "severe" injury is one with a score of 4+ on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) [6] Data for specific vehicles can be found on various automotive review websites.

  9. Crash test - Wikipedia

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    A crash test of the Honda Ridgeline by the NHTSA Frontal small-overlap crash test of a 2012 Honda Odyssey 2018 Dodge Grand Caravan being struck by a mobile deformable barrier at 62 km/h 2016 Honda Fit striking a wall head-on at 56 km/h Driver-side oblique crash test of a 2017 Honda Ridgeline Jeep Liberty undergoing routine impact testing at Chrysler's Proving Grounds NHTSA research crash test ...