| Date: | Sunday 28 January 2018 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Boeing E/A-18G Growler |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) |
| Registration: | A46-311 |
| MSN: | AG11 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nellis Air Force Base, NV -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nellis AFB |
| Nellis AFB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
RAAF Growler caught fire during a takeoff accident during Exercise Red Flag 18-01 after an uncontained no 2 engine HP compressor failure. Both crew members egressed safely without the use of ejection seats.
http://web.archive.org/web/20180507154734/http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/01/raaf-growler-catches-fire-after-nellis-afb-takeoff-incident/
http://web.archive.org/web/20180128115647/http://www.nellis.af.mil/About/Press-Releases/Display/Article/1425795/update-aircraft-incident-on-nellis-air-force-base/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-19/warplanes-engine-destroyed-itself-during-attempted-take-off/10129180
http://australianaviation.com.au/2018/02/engine-component-failure-most-likely-cause-of-raaf-growler-fire-incident/
http://www.defence.gov.au/DASP/Docs/Media/ADFAccidentInvestigations.pdf
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-29/no-compensation-for-fiery-growler-crash-subs-costs-growing/11749446?pfmredir=sm&fbclid=IwAR2wuxAImIb3FWi-C-mJJPt-lqXjs6pgaGt4BWQ8GIzC8spsYfprcXt0_t8
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http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/EA-18G-A46-311
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/3a46.htm
http://www.boeing.com/defense/ea-18g-growler/
#NELLIS Base officials say plane aborted takeoff and did not crash Saturday. @news3lvhttps://t.co/VDwwKEp40v pic.twitter.com/mourcK3Npb
— KSNV News 3 (@News3LV) January 27, 2018
NEWS Royal Australian Air Force Boeing E/A-18G Growler caught fire after reported engine failure on takeoff at Nellis Air Force Base. Both crew members egressed safely. (28-JAN-2018). pic.twitter.com/TNvjGV19sY
— Air Disasters (@AirCrashMayday) 28 janvier 2018
New image shows extent of the fire damage to the #RAAF Growler involved in Saturday's aborted takeoff incident https://t.co/SfWURYVmE4 #ausdef pic.twitter.com/4sCFe97qXw
— Australian Aviation (@AusAviation) 29 janvier 2018
A joint investigation involving Australian defence personal and the US Air force is underway after one of our newest and most expensive Growler jets caught fire as it was taking off in Las Vegas.#7News pic.twitter.com/GcsOqXHFa2
— 7 News Wide Bay (@7NewsWideBay) 29 janvier 2018
Another photo of the badly damaged RAAF EA-18G Growler that caught fire at Nellis AFB over the weekend. Said to be A46-311 pic.twitter.com/YdIyFNKJl5
— Mike Yeo 杨启铭 (@TheBaseLeg) January 29, 2018
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 28-Jan-2018 08:48 | lupac | Added |
| 28-Jan-2018 08:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2018 08:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Jan-2018 09:25 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 28-Jan-2018 09:41 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-Jan-2018 19:20 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Jan-2018 09:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 29-Jan-2018 09:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 29-Jan-2018 12:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 29-Jan-2018 17:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Cn, Source, Photo, ] |
| 29-Jan-2018 23:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2018 02:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 19-Aug-2018 15:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2018 15:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2019 17:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Dec-2019 21:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
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