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| Date: | Monday 22 June 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF |
| Registration: | 06-3160 |
| MSN: | P-160 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southeastern Iraq -
 Iraq
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
Crashed after a technical malfunction.
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report was released in March 2016. The US$ 4.66million aircraft was destroyed after a fuel leak caught fire just over 90minutes into a combat mission in Iraq. The crashed aircraft was not recovered.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2015/06/22/predator-crashes-in-iraq/29120959/
http://fighterjetnews.com/2015/06/23/predator-goes-down-over-iraq-usaf-denies-it-became-prey/
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2016/03/24/fuel-leak-led-to-predator-drone-crash-in-iraq-last-year/
https://ec.militarytimes.com/static/pdfs/2016-AAIB-22-June-15-Final_Redacted-without-Watermark.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2015 16:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Mar-2020 10:55 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Mar-2020 10:55 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 20-Apr-2020 20:57 | Allach | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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