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Full-scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstration ProgramThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA conducted a full-scale air-to-surface impact-survivable impact demonstration with a remotely piloted transport aircraft on 1 December 1984, at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The test article consisted of experiments, special equipment, and supporting systems, such as antimisting kerosene (AMK), crashworthiness structural/restraint, analytical modeling, cabin fire safety, flight data recorders, post-impact investigation, instrumentation/data acquisition systems, remotely piloted vehicle/flight control systems, range and flight safety provisions, etc. This report describes the aircraft, experiments, systems, activities, and events which lead up to the Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID). An overview of the final unmanned remote control flight and sequence of impact events are delineated. Preliminary post CID observations are presented.
Document ID
19880000639
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1987
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:89642
NASA-TM-89642
DOT/FAA/CT-87/10
Accession Number
88N10021
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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