Accident General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper 09-4065, Wednesday 5 December 2012
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Date:Wednesday 5 December 2012
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic Q9 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper
Owner/operator:US Air Force (USAF)
Registration: 09-4065
MSN: PB-065
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nevada Test and Training Range west of Hiko, in south-central Nevada -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Creech Air Force Base
Destination airport:Creech Air Force Base
Narrative:
Crashed during a nighttime training exercise.

Sources:

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/usa-nevada-drone-idINL1E8N6F6V20121206

https://www.scramble.nl/database/accident#results

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Dec-2012 04:00 gerard57 Added
07-Dec-2012 04:01 harro Updated [Aircraft type, ]
22-Oct-2025 06:15 nhofmann54 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ]

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