Light Airplane Crash Test at Three Pitch Angles

Three similar twin-engine general-aviation airplane specimens were crash tested at the Langley Impact Dynamics Research Facility at 27 m/sec, a flight-path angle of -15deg, and pithch angles of -15deg, 0deg, and 15deg. Other crash parameters were held constant. See http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19800003257 for associated PDF, where the test facility, instrumentation, test specimens, and test method are briefly described. Structural damage and accelerometer data for each of the three impact conditions are also presented and discussed. Video has no sound.

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