SAE ARP5526C-2011
Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications

Standard No.

SAE ARP5526C-2011

Release Date

2011

Published By

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Status

Withdraw

Replace By

SAE ARP5526C-2012

Latest

SAE ARP5526F-2022

Scope

This Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) documents a common understanding of terms, compliance issues and design criteria to facilitate certification of seat installations specific to Part 25 aircraft. This ARP provides general guidance for seats to be installed in Part 23 aircraft and Parts 27 and 29 rotorcraft and does not specify specific designs or design methods for such certification.

SAE ARP5526C-2011 Referenced Document

• SAE AS8049-1990 Performance Standard for Seats in Civil Rotorcraft and Transport Airplanes
• UL 1439-1998 UL Standard for Safety Tests for Sharpness of Edges on Equipment Fourth Edition; Reprint with Revisions Through and Including 06/1/2004

SAE ARP5526C-2011 history

• 2022 SAE ARP5526F-2022 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2018 SAE ARP5526E-2018 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2015 SAE ARP5526D-2015 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 1970 SAE ARP5526C-2012 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2011 SAE ARP5526C-2011 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2010 SAE ARP5526B-2010 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2004 SAE ARP5526A-2004 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications
• 2003 SAE ARP5526-2003 Aircraft Seat Design Guidance and Clarifications