Controlled Impact Demonstration Aircraft Crash Test

Courtesy: NASA On December 1st, 1984, a remote controlled 4 engined transport jet took off from Edwards AFB, CA and crashed into a barren patch of nearby desert. This Controlled Impact Demonstration was a joint R&D program by the FAA and NASA. The FAA designed the . to underscore results of exhaustive research in two areas of aircraft safety: improved crash protection and reduced post-crash fire the fact the crash did not go exactly as designed achieve its primary analysis of . data continues. The CID’s crash wothiness tests were as important to the FAA as the fire safety tests. The crash protection objectives were: 1st: To obtain data on impact forces and their transmission thru the structure to the seats and occupants. 2nd: To evaluate the performance of existing and advanced energy absorbing seats. 3rd :To compare tests used to predict structural behaviour with an actual crash. AMK (anti-misting kerosene) fuel was employed in the test. The FAA has examined