Vance Brand, former astronaut and assistant chief of the Shuttle and Flight Support Office at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, will lead the five person official inquiry into the crash of the McDonnell Douglas/NASA Clipper Graham DC-XA after its landing at White Sands, New Mexico, on 31 July. The technological demonstrator vehicle had completed its fourth flight test when it tipped over and caught fire after one of its four landing legs failed to deploy.
Source: Flight International
