Seat Pitch Study Independent Peer Review

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires an independent peer review of its prior study of the impact of seat size and passenger seating space and pitch on the ability of passengers to evacuate a transport category airplane safely and efficiently to determine if that study was technically adequate or additional research is required. This peer review, which was requested by AVS-1, will inform the FAA’s larger study addressing aircraft evacuation modernization and improvement (specifically consideration (B)(vii)) that was directed in Section 365 of the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act to be completed by May 8, 2025.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $250,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TBD

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Managing Organizations:

  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute-Federal Aviation Administration

  P.O. Box 25082
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125
• Performing Organizations:

  Civil Aerospace Medical Institute-Federal Aviation Administration

  P.O. Box 25082
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73125
• Principal Investigators:

  Weed, David

• Start Date: 20240805
• Expected Completion Date: 20250830
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Aeromedical Research
• Subprogram: aviation safety

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ergonomics; Evacuation; Passenger aircraft; Pitch (Dynamics); Seats
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01953395
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
• Contract Numbers: TBD
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 24 2025 3:28PM