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| Date: | Monday 11 June 2012 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Northrop Grumman RQ-4A BAMS-D |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 168739 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Bloodsworth Island, across the Chesapeake Bay -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
A Naval drone aircraft crashed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Monday 11 June 2012 without injuries or property damage on the ground, officials said.
The 44-foot plane on a routine training flight crashed around noon near Bloodsworth Island, across the Chesapeake Bay from the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, according to Jaime Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons program.
Cause: ruddervator malfunction
Sources:
https://www.timesleader.com/stories/No-injuries-reported-in-Navy-drone-aircraft-crash-in-Maryland,162307_
https://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries23.html
https://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/06/ap-navy-uav-crashes-maryland-061112/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2012 03:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Jun-2012 06:37 | 78Delta | Updated [Source, ] |
| 16-May-2018 15:16 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2018 15:56 | plcedi | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
| 07-Sep-2018 15:56 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
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