Performance Assessment of the Terma Obstruction Light Control System as an Aircraft Detection Lighting System
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Technology Research and Development Branch (ATR) personnel conducted a performance assessment of the Terma Obstruction Light Control (OLC) System. The purpose of this assessment was to determine if the Terma OLC System meets the aircraft detection lighting system requirements specified in FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 70/7460-1L, “Obstruction Marking and Lighting,” Chapter 14 Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems. FAA ATR personnel assessed the Terma OLC at the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area, located near Mojave, California. This performance assessment, consisting of demonstrations, flight testing, and data analysis was conducted on April 15, 2015. In the performance assessment, a series of flight patterns were flown against the Terma OLC system to demonstrate whether it could meet the FAA performance requirements specified in AC 70/7460-1L. The Terma OLC system performed according to the manufacturer’s specifications and met the performance requirements identified in AC 70/7460-1L.
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Corporate Authors:
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center, Airport Technology Research and Development Branch
Atlantic City International Airport
Atlantic City, NJ United States 08405SRA International, Incorporated
1201 New Road, Suite #242
Linwood, NJ United States 08221Federal Aviation Administration
Airport Engineering Division
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Authors:
- Patterson Jr, James
- Canter, Garrison
- Publication Date: 2016-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Edition: Technical Note
- Pagination: 44p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aviation safety; Obstruction lights; Performance tests; Specifications
- Identifier Terms: Terma Obstruction Light Control System
- Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft detection lighting systems
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01602599
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/FAA/TC-TN16/41
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 27 2016 11:17AM