accotement

English translation: shoulder

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:accotement
English translation:shoulder
Entered by: Simon de Swardt

19:39 Feb 29, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Aviation
French term or phrase: accotement
From a description of a runway.

'Largeur de piste: 60m + 2 accotements de 7.5m soit 75m'

I cant believe that runways have 'verges' or 'shoulders'... what is the correct term here?
thanks
Simon de Swardt
Local time: 09:05
shoulder
Explanation:
Google:


S1/2002 - Bombardier Challenger CL-600-2B16, N90AG
... Initial contact had been onto the tarmac-surfaced left shoulder of the runway, approximately
1,415 metre along the 2,605 metre runway (Figure 1). The runway ...
www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_avsafety/ documents/page/dft_avsafety_503172.hcsp - 32k - Cached - Similar pages

LAX97LA022
... rollout, which resulted in a ground swerve. Soft terrain on the shoulder
of the runway was a related factor. Full narrative available. ...
www.ntsb.gov/ ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X06931&key=1 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages


LAX92LA023
... THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE
TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LET SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED. ...
www.ntsb.gov/ ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X18332&key=1 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.ntsb.gov ]

The Isaiah 40:31 Project
... The aircraft ran off the left shoulder of the runway, the right wing struck the
ground and then the airplane nosed over and came to rest on it's nose. ...
jimmywestbrook.tripod.com/website2/id18.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

Takeoffs Are Optional
... slowly drifted to left of the centerline, then well over to the left side of the
runway, and finally off onto the grass shoulder of the runway (as evidenced by ...
www.flyingsafely.com/takeoffs.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Detecting Gold at Ganes Creek
... back out to the runway. Nobody was in sight, so I wandered down the
shoulder of the runway swinging my detector. The runway is made ...
www.akmining.com/mine/jour129.htm - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

[DOC] A Positive Approach to Caravans
File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 - View as HTML
... Also involved was the lifting and resetting of 96 centre line lights and rebuilding
and recovering of 150 gulleys along the hard shoulder of the runway. ...
dnausers.d-n-a.net/ dnetrAzQ/A%20Positive%20Approach%20to%20Caravans.doc - Similar pages

Umbau siebte Phase / Construction works seventh phase - [ Translate this page ]
... Die freigelegte Pistenschulter wird mit Folien unterlegt und neu besandet, The uncovered
shoulder of the runway will be padded with a foil and freshly sanded. ...
www.loav.at/umbau08.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Dead air stowaways still ...
... fall from the plane. We sent an operations team to the hard shoulder
of the runway and found the body of a young man. There is a ...
www.guardian.co.uk/Refugees_in_Britain/ Story/0,2763,415563,00.html - 31k - Cached - Similar pages

FTW94LA254
... TAKEOFF. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY
AND THE TIRE IMPACTED A RUT RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. ...
www.canard.com/ntsb/FTW/94A254.htm - 2k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Selected response from:

Steven Capsuto
United States
Local time: 03:05
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help... now I believe it!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7shoulder
Steven Capsuto
5overrun/undershoot area
agtranslat
3shoulder
roguestate


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
shoulder


Explanation:
Google:


S1/2002 - Bombardier Challenger CL-600-2B16, N90AG
... Initial contact had been onto the tarmac-surfaced left shoulder of the runway, approximately
1,415 metre along the 2,605 metre runway (Figure 1). The runway ...
www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_avsafety/ documents/page/dft_avsafety_503172.hcsp - 32k - Cached - Similar pages

LAX97LA022
... rollout, which resulted in a ground swerve. Soft terrain on the shoulder
of the runway was a related factor. Full narrative available. ...
www.ntsb.gov/ ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X06931&key=1 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages


LAX92LA023
... THE PILOT ELECTED TO GO-AROUND AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE
TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LET SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED. ...
www.ntsb.gov/ ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X18332&key=1 - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.ntsb.gov ]

The Isaiah 40:31 Project
... The aircraft ran off the left shoulder of the runway, the right wing struck the
ground and then the airplane nosed over and came to rest on it's nose. ...
jimmywestbrook.tripod.com/website2/id18.html - 21k - Cached - Similar pages

Takeoffs Are Optional
... slowly drifted to left of the centerline, then well over to the left side of the
runway, and finally off onto the grass shoulder of the runway (as evidenced by ...
www.flyingsafely.com/takeoffs.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

Detecting Gold at Ganes Creek
... back out to the runway. Nobody was in sight, so I wandered down the
shoulder of the runway swinging my detector. The runway is made ...
www.akmining.com/mine/jour129.htm - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

[DOC] A Positive Approach to Caravans
File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 - View as HTML
... Also involved was the lifting and resetting of 96 centre line lights and rebuilding
and recovering of 150 gulleys along the hard shoulder of the runway. ...
dnausers.d-n-a.net/ dnetrAzQ/A%20Positive%20Approach%20to%20Caravans.doc - Similar pages

Umbau siebte Phase / Construction works seventh phase - [ Translate this page ]
... Die freigelegte Pistenschulter wird mit Folien unterlegt und neu besandet, The uncovered
shoulder of the runway will be padded with a foil and freshly sanded. ...
www.loav.at/umbau08.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Dead air stowaways still ...
... fall from the plane. We sent an operations team to the hard shoulder
of the runway and found the body of a young man. There is a ...
www.guardian.co.uk/Refugees_in_Britain/ Story/0,2763,415563,00.html - 31k - Cached - Similar pages

FTW94LA254
... TAKEOFF. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAME OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE RUNWAY
AND THE TIRE IMPACTED A RUT RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. ...
www.canard.com/ntsb/FTW/94A254.htm - 2k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages



Steven Capsuto
United States
Local time: 03:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help... now I believe it!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins
  -> Merci, Vicky!

agree  Hacene: indeed
47 mins
  -> Thanks, Hacene!

agree  Jean-Claude Gouin: It's "shoulder" ... whether you believe it or not. What I can't believe is that 7.5 m = 75 m! Also, it's 75 m and not 75m ...
1 hr
  -> Thanks.

agree  Kpy: Agree it's shoulder (as in hard shoulder on a motorway in UK) and the total width (hence "soit") is 75 m
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  sarahl (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks.

agree  Yves Johnson
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, Yves.

agree  Charlie Bavington: and good references
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charlie.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
shoulder


Explanation:
http://www.stba.aviation-civile.gouv.fr/publications/documen...

roguestate
Local time: 10:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
overrun/undershoot area


Explanation:
AIRPORTS in MALAYSIA
... The first 200ft overrun/undershoot area is long grass and reasonably
free from big holes. A few 6ft high bushes at the perimeter. ...
www.thaiflyingclub.com/linkMalaysiaAirports.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

High school student paper: Juneau International Airport--Safety ...
... By having an adequate amount of RSA, the potential for serious injury and aircraft
damage is mitigated in the event of an overrun, undershoot, or veer-off (US ...
www.uaf.edu/seagrant/nosb/papers/ 2003/tempest-airport.html - 59k - Cached - Similar pages

BIRDS AND FISH RETURN TO PARK ON LITTLE NECK BAY -- Port Authority ...
... foot-long overrun is similar in concept to a roadway shoulder, to be used only for
the very rare occasion when an aircraft might undershoot, overrun or veer ...
www.panynj.gov/pr/53-99.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Juneau Airport EIS
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... The purpose of an RSA is to signifi- cantly reduce the extent of personal injury
and aircraft damage during an aircraft overrun, undershoot, or veer-off the ...
www.jnu-eis.org/documents/Jnu4.PDF - Similar pages

[DOC] Beitrag ATC zum SITREP v
File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 - View as HTML
... LDA. 11483ft. 11183ft. 10883ft. Overrun/Undershoot. 300 ft at both thresholds. Surface.
Concrete and Asphalt. Braking action not calculated, estimated as good. PCN. ...
ramcc.dtic.mil/forms/Version_17_-_ATC_procedures.doc - Similar pages


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Note added at 1 hr 22 mins (2004-02-29 21:01:35 GMT)
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Stopway is a better option, check page 4 in the following pdf:http://www.faa.gov/arp/pdf/530013c6.pdf

[PDF] Runway End, Stopway End, and DTHLD ID
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
RUNWAY END, STOPWAY END, AND DISPLACED THRESHOLD IDENTIFICATION FOR SURVEYORS First
Edition January 1, 1998 ROBERT E. FISHER MANAGER, FAA PROGRAMS NATIONAL ...
www.ngs.noaa.gov/AERO/RWYIDman.pdf - Similar pages

stopway
stopway. (NATO) A defined rectangular area on the ground at the end
of a runway in the direction of takeoff designated and prepared ...
www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/ natoterm/s/01031.html - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] CERTALERT
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... 00-03 TO: AIRPORT CERTIFICATION SAFETY INSPECTORS TOPIC Use of the Term “Stopway
” This clarification was developed in response to numerous questions about ...
www1.faa.gov/arp/certification/alerts/cert0003.pdf - Similar pages

Stopway
Stopway. 6. STOPWAY. DEPARTURE. MUST BE AT LEAST AS WIDE AS RUNWAY. ...
www1.faa.gov/arp/anm/publications/presentations/ fy2000/castellano/tsld055.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages
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Smart REGS Glossary Entry - stopway
Smart REGS Glossary - stopway. An area beyond the takeoff runway no less
wide than the runway and centered upon the extended centerline ...
www.smartregs.com/data/sa534.htm - 2k - Cached - Similar pages


agtranslat
Netherlands
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deriche (X): Hardstrip (strip adjacent to a carriageway and intended for vehicles in the event of difficulty
41 mins

disagree  Charlie Bavington: the term in the Q refers to the area *beside* the runway, your term is the strip at the *end* of the runway.
4 hrs
  -> You are right, I misread the question. It's shoulder.
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