Crashworthiness Experiment Summary - Full-Scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstration Program.

Abstract

On December 1, 1984, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), conducted an air-to-ground impact test demonstration with a remotely piloted jet transport category airplane. This demonstration, identified as the Full-Scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID) Program, was the culmination of four years of effort by the two agencies. The major FAA objectives included the demonstration of antimisting fuel and a series of fire safety and structural type crashworthiness experiments. The NASA, demonstration objectives also extended to the crashworthiness experiment area. This report provides a summary of the FAA structural experiments which included an instrumented fuselage structure and an associated analytical KRASH model, on-board seat/cabin restraint and flight data recorder system installations, and a post-impact accident investigation exercise. The summary contains a description of each experiment, related pre- post-test activities, and resulting test data.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA173861

Entities

People

  • D. Johnson
  • L. Garodz

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Accidents
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Crashworthiness
  • Demonstrations
  • Fire Safety
  • Flight Recorders
  • Fuselages
  • Impact Tests
  • Jet Transport Aircraft
  • Recording Systems
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Safety
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space