This advisory circular (AC) sets forth an acceptable means, but not the only
means, of demonstrating compliance with the provisions of the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes related to the airplane design for flightdeck (also referred to as the pilot compartment or cockpit) intrusion resistance. Intrusion resistance, in the context of this AC, refers to the ability to resist forced entry by a person who is not authorized by the pilot in command to
The Twin Turbo Prop Beech King Air A100 was touching down for a landing on the asphalt runway at Buffalo Narrows, Sask., when the nose gear collapsed. The nose gear assembly on the A100, which is canted forward, collapsed forward (opposite to the normal direction of retraction), [ad#text] and the aircraft rolled along the runway on the nose wheel, which had become imbedded in the nose cone. Both propellers, the inside