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category B
- Definição1
- With respect to transport category rotorcraft, means a single-engine or multiengine rotorcraft which do not fully meet all Category A standards. Category B rotorcraft have no guaranteed stay-up ability in the event of engine failure and unscheduled landing is assumed.
- Fonte1
- AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE AVIAÇÃO CIVIL. RBAC 01: regulamentos brasileiros de aviação civil. Definições, regras de redação e unidades de medida. Brasília, 2008. (Regulamentos Brasileiros de Aviação Civil).
- Fonte2
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: operation of aircrafts: Part III: international operations: helicopters. 7th ed. Montreal, 2010. (Annex 6).
- Fonte4
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part I: organization and planning. 2nd. ed. Montreal, 2014. (Doc. 9756 AN/965)
- Contexto
- In the event of an engine fire, Category A helicopters must be controllable and continue flight for 15 minutes after a fire while Category B helicopters must be controllable for 5 minutes.
- Subárea
- Rotorcraft
- Related Term
- category
- Spanish
- categoría B