Standard Practice for Handling of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Divert Airfields

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
This practice is written to preclude damage or injury to property and personnel in the event of an unplanned landing by an unmanned aircraft at an airfield not equipped or trained to handle that type of aircraft and to prevent unintentional damage to the aircraft once it lands. It is intended for use by unmanned aircraft equipment designers, procedures developers, and ground personnel.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice identifies and describes equipage and procedures for safely handling unmanned aircraft forced to recover at alternate or diversionary airfields where personnel trained in recovering that type of aircraft may not be present. It is intended to apply to fixed-wing unmanned aircraft conducting non-visual line-of-sight operations. It is intended to establish common locations, labeling, and functions of equipment necessary to safely power down the aircraft without damaging it and common procedures for untrained personnel to follow to contact the owner of the aircraft. It addresses mission planning procedures, automated functions, and manual functions/handling procedures in the preflight, in-flight, and post-flight phases, respectively.

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Designation:F2849 −10
Standard Practice for
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Handling of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Divert Airfields
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F2849; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope along the planned route of flight. This is dependent upon a
number of factors including—but not limited to—geographic
1.1 This practice identifies and describes equipage and
location of flight operations (for example, austere operating
procedures for safely handling unmanned aircraft forced to
environment or maritime operations with few available air-
recover at alternate or diversionary airfields where personnel
fields)andmissionflightprofile.Ifmissionplanninganddivert
trained in recovering that type of aircraft may not be present. It
airfield accommodations are in conflict, mission requirements
is intended to apply to fixed-wing unmanned aircraft conduct-
shall take priority over divert airfield planning.
ing non-visual line-of-sight operations. It is intended to estab-
lish common locations, labeling, and functions of equipment
4.2 Gliding distance is defined as aircraft altitude above
necessary to safely power down the aircraft without damaging
ground level (absolute altitude minus 1000 ft for pattern
it and common procedures for untrained personnel to follow to
altitude)timesitslifttodragratio(L/D).Zerowind,allengines
contact the owner of the aircraft. It addresses mission planning
out, and 50 % fuel onboard are assumed.Aircraft configuration
procedures, automated functions, and manual functions/
(for example, stores on wings) should be taken into account
handling procedures in the preflight, in-flight, and post-flight
when determining the L/D ratio to be used for a flight segment.
phases, respectively.
4.3 Selected airfields shall be capable (for example, runway
length, width, bearing strength) of accommodating recovery of
2. Referenced Documents
the aircraft in its planned configuration.
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
4.4 Contact information for the alternate airfields shall be
F2395 Terminology for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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updated and made available to the pilot for use during flight.
2.2 Other Standard:
ICAO Annex 1, Chapter 1
5. Automated Functions
3. Significance and Use
5.1 Ataminimum,theaircraftshallbeabletorecognizeand
3.1 This practice is written to preclude damage or injury to
report the condition of not being capable of maintaining level
property and personnel in the event of an unplanned landing by
flightatitsmissionaltitudeoratareducedaltitude(thatis,sink
an unmanned aircraft at an airfield not equipped or trained to
rate at reduced or full power). This condition shall trigger the
handlethattypeofaircraftandtopreventunintentionaldamage
aircraft’s flight control computer to enter a “divert mode” (that
to the aircraft once it lands. It is intended for use by unmanned
is, a subset of its contingency mode) of functioning. Excep-
aircraft equipment designers, procedures developers, and
tional conditions where a sink rate exists at full power under
ground personnel.
normal operating conditions, for example, when encountering
mountainwaveeffects,shouldalsoberecognizable.Theremay
4. Mission Planning Procedures
be other contingencies such as environmental conditions,
4.1 If mission requirements allow, alternate or divert air- system-specific issue, or other factors which trigger the divert
fields shall be planned within gliding distance of any point mode as well. This is only meant to describe a minimum level
of automated functions.
1 5.2 In divert mode, the aircraft shall automatically (1)
This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee F38 on Unmanned
Aircraft Systems and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F38.02 on Flight
squawk a predetermined code, (2) safe any weapons being
Operations.
carried, (3) cease any potentially hazardous emissions to
Current edition approved June 15, 2010. Published July 2010. DOI: 10.1520/
ground personnel unless doing so compromises aircraft safety
F2849-10.
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prior to landing, (4) notify via the command and control link
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contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
the intended alternate airfield to the pilot in command at the
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ground control station (if the link is still available), and (5)
the ASTM website.
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