Seat Testing

Oregon Aero has more than 20 years’ experience engineering, testing, certifying and manufacturing advanced seating systems. We have the capability to design Seating Systems to the customer's installation requirements, including testing an installation to show compliance with FAR requirements.

Oregon Aero complies with all applicable FAA regulations for 14 CFR Part 23 paragraphs 23.561 (general emergency landing condition requirements), 23.562 (dynamic tests for emergency landing conditions), 23.785 (static strength requirements) and 23.853 (flammability requirements), and corresponding paragraphs in Parts 25, 27 and 29. The Oregon Aero Engineering Department has an FAA “Seat” DER on staff to support our customers.

Testing the Oregon Aero^® High-G^® Seat

The photos above are images from film footage of a successful 26G horizontal sled crash test of the Oregon Aero^® High-G^® Seat engineered for a certified general aviation aircraft. The test was conducted at the MGA Laboratory in Burlington, WI.

The FAA-compliant High-G^® Seat can complement TSO’d restraint systems

This photo was part of video footage of a successful 19G lumbar load test on an Oregon Aero^® VK SmartCushion™ System in 1992 at the National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita State University.