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The Boeing 720 lacked an auxiliary power unit, and relied instead on ground power and pneumatic air to power the aircraft's systems, provide air conditioning, and start the engines while on the ground. The normal practice for Boeing 720 aircraft was to start the number three (inner starboard) engine first, then disconnect ground power and air.
N833NA, the Boeing 720 aircraft involved in the test. NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a joint program for the acquisition, demonstration, and validation of technology for the improvement of transport aircraft occupant crash survivability using a large, four-engine, remotely piloted transport airplane in a controlled impact demonstration (CID).
First officer Robert J. Feller, aged 38, had accumulated 11,799 flight hours, 1,093 of which were on the Boeing 720. He had type ratings in the DC-4, DC-6, DC-7 and the Boeing 720. [6] Second Officer Allen R. Friesen, aged 29, had accumulated 4,853 flight hours, 523 of which were on the Boeing 720. [6]
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These included four Boeing 720s as well as a Boeing 707-120B and a BAC One-Eleven 400. [11] [15] [19] The latter had originally belonged to American Airlines. [15] During the summer of 1976, the bulk of Aeroamerica's activities increasingly centred on Berlin Tegel, making it West Berlin's leading charter airline at the time. [15] [20] [21]
The aircraft was a Boeing 720-040B [note 1] with the registration AP-AMH and manufacturer's serial number 18379; it was first flown on 19 October 1962 and delivered to Pakistan International Airlines on 7 November 1962. [6] At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown 8378 hours. [6]
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