Trajectory analysis for malfunction flight.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (1) The vehicle's deviation capability in the event of a malfunction during flight, (2) The trajectory dispersion resulting from reasonably foreseeable malfunctions, and (3) For vehicles using flight abort as a hazard control strategy under § 450.108, trajectory data or parameters that describe the limits of a useful mission. The FAA does not consider the collection of data related to a failure to be a useful mission. (b) (1) The relative probability of occurrence of each malfunction; (2) The probability distribution of position and velocity of the vehicle when each malfunction trajectory will terminate due to vehicle breakup, ground impact, or orbital insertion along with the cause of termination and the state of the vehicle; (3) The parameters with a significant influence on a vehicle's flight behavior from the time a malfunction begins to cause a flight deviation until the time each malfunction trajectory will terminate due to vehicle breakup, ground impact, or orbital insertion; and (4) The potential for failure of the flight safety system, if any. (c) (1) A description of the methodology used to characterize the vehicle's flight behavior throughout malfunction flight, in accordance with § 450.115(c). (2) A description of the methodology used to determine the limits of a useful mission, in accordance with § 450.115(c). (3) A description of the input data used to characterize the vehicle's malfunction flight behavior, including: (i) A list of each cause of malfunction

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 450.119