Boeing 720 crash, Dec 1, 1984, Edwards AFB
Boeing 720 accident on December 1, 1984 near Edwards AFB, California, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Not an accident: a deliberate controlled...
- Date: December 1, 1984
- Aircraft: Boeing 720
- Location: Edwards AFB, California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not an accident: a deliberate controlled impact test of a fuel additive.
NASA remotely piloted Boeing 720 N833NA was deliberately crashed on a dry lakebed runway near Edwards Air Force Base in the Controlled Impact Demonstration. Flown from a ground station with no one aboard, it was destroyed by impact and post crash fire while testing a fuel additive meant to reduce such fires.