ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181240
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| Date: | 16-OCT-2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Thales Watchkeeper WK450 Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | U-TacS |
| Registration: | WK031 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | West Wales Airport, Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | West Wales Airport (EGFA) |
| West Wales Airport (EGFA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16/11/2014 when crashed during an automated landing while being operated by contractor U-TacS under a Military Flight Test Permit as a training flight. While operating after selection of Master Overide function, due to deteriorating weather so as to to eliminate the chance of an auto-abort, aircraft systems falsely registered touch down while on approach and pitched the nose down.
Sources:
1. http://web.archive.org/web/20160421045223/http://www.janes.com/article/55734/uk-suffers-third-watchkeeper-mishap-with-salisbury-plain-landing-accident
2. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WK
3. https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2015-10-02/boxed-up-barely-used-and-4-years-late-watchkeeper-the-armys-affordable-1-2bn-drone-programme
4. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mod-launch-investigation-after-watchkeeper-drone-crashes-near-salisbury-plain-a6721371.html
5. https://dronewars.net/drone-crash-database/
6. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/service-inquiry-into-the-watchkeeper-wk031-unmanned-air-vehicle-uav-accident-at-west-wales-airport-on-16-october-2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 16:53 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2015 16:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2015 16:55 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 11-Nov-2015 16:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Nov-2015 17:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Aug-2016 15:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2016 15:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2017 12:05 | harro | Updated [Date] |
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