ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183299
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Date: | Thursday 7 January 2016 |
Time: | 12:50 |
Type: | General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF |
Registration: | 08-3245 |
MSN: | P-245 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Akashat, Anbar Province -
Iraq
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed. The UAV was flying a combat mission when the ground pilot lost control of the aircraft, according to the US Air Force.
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 1st June, 2017.
The armed US$ 5.09million aircraft crashed after a primary control module anomaly caused multiple on-board system failures and loss of control by the Whiteman AFB-based 20th ATKS.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://twitter.com/bjoernstritzel/status/685505510381096961 https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2016/01/08/air-force-says-drone-crash-in-iraq-was-an-accident/ https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2017/010716_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1199592/mq-1b-accident-investigation-released/ Scramble (#441) / Air Forces Monthly (February 2016)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Jan-2016 18:46 |
abel 83 |
Added |
08-Jan-2016 21:12 |
harro |
Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
14-Mar-2020 14:48 |
StokieSteve |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
14-Mar-2020 14:49 |
harro |
Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
26-Mar-2020 14:50 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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