ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210947
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| Date: | Monday 3 January 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WGp /15th RSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 99-3061 |
| MSN: | P061 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | approx 115miles west of Kandahar -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
ELEC POWER LOSS; LOST LINK; IMPACTED TERRAIN. The Accident Investigation report was released on April 8, 2011. After suffering dual alternator failure 17+ hours into it's mission the 15th RS crew realised the on-board back-up battery had insufficient voltage to allow either a return to Kandahar or divert field so the crew directed the aircraft into an unpopulated region until the battery was depleted and the $4.4million was destroyed in the resulting crash.
Sources:
1.https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
2.https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2011/010311_MQ-1B_Kandahar.pdf
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 03-Mar-2020 17:39 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 17:40 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 16:17 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 20:55 | Reno Raines | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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