Patent ID: 7164366

Claim:
A process for detecting on an aircraft an overshoot of design loads at a level of a structural part of said aircraft, according to which process the following steps are carried out repetitively and automatically: a) measuring an effective speed of the aircraft; b) performing a first comparison, by comparing said measured effective speed with at least one maximum speed relating at least to a current flight configuration of the aircraft; measuring a vertical load factor of the aircraft; performing a second comparison, by comparing said measured vertical load factor with at least one limit value of the vertical load factor; and c) determining whether a structural inspection needs to be performed at the level of said structural part, at least on a basis of a result of said first and second comparisons, wherein, repetitively and automatically: before said step c): a value of at least one additional particular parameter is measured, said additional particular parameter being chosen from one of the following parameters: a weight of the aircraft; a centering of the aircraft; a dynamic pressure; and at least one particular cue; and an additional comparison is carried out, by comparing said measured value with at least one limit value of said particular parameter; and step c) includes determining whether a structural inspection needs to be performed at the level of said structural part, by also taking account of the result of said additional comparison.