ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145410
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| Date: | Thursday 3 May 2012 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | 366th FWg /391st FSqn USAF |
| Registration: | 90-0254 |
| MSN: | 1191 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | unknown -
 United Arab Emirates
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed during a routine training mission. The cause of the crash was a catastrophic failure of the right engine, leading to loss of hydraulics.
The aircraft belonged to the 366th Fighter Wing "Gunfighters" and deployed from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho.
Both crew members ejected safely.
The Accident Board President found by clear and convincing evidence the cause of the mishap was catastrophic failure of the right engine. The cause of the engine failure, by clear and convincing evidence, was a rare ignition of the titanium components within the engine resulting in an extremely destructive fire. This fire led to associated failure of critical hydraulic systems, which by a preponderance of the evidence, was a substantially contributing factor to the mishap. The loss of the right engine and critical hydraulic systems made the aircraft uncontrollable and resulted in the eventual crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://columnpk.net/us-fighter-plane-f-15-e-crashes-in-uae/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/03/crew-ejects-safely-after-us-f-15-crashes-in-mideast-on-training-mission.html
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/18087800/us-f-15-crashes-in-mideast-crew-ejects-safely
Photo: https://susanin.news/upload/resize_cache/iblock/1de/469_1000_1/1deb9bcbf6333bb17dd9825cd4f38451.jpg
https://www.airforcetimes.com/article/20120926/NEWS/209260325/Engine-failure-cited-in-F-15E-crash-in-May_/https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2012/050312_F-15E_SWA_full.pdf
Images:
Photo: USAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2012 17:50 | RobertMB | Added |
| 03-May-2012 20:48 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 22-Jun-2014 13:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2014 17:19 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2014 05:50 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2016 18:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2020 19:57 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Mar-2020 18:43 | StokieSteve | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 05-Mar-2020 18:48 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 01-May-2020 16:27 | Allach | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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