Date:	Thursday 7 January 2016
Time:	12:50
Type:	General Atomics MQ-1B Predator
Owner/operator:	432nd WG USAF
Registration:	08-3245
MSN:	P-245
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Akashat, Anbar Province -   Iraq
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	USAF AIB

Narrative:
Crashed. The UAV was flying a combat mission when the ground pilot lost control of the aircraft, according to the US Air Force.

The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 1st June, 2017.

The armed US$ 5.09million aircraft crashed after a primary control module anomaly caused multiple on-board system failures and loss of control by the Whiteman AFB-based 20th ATKS.

https://twitter.com/bjoernstritzel/status/685505510381096961
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2016/01/08/air-force-says-drone-crash-in-iraq-was-an-accident/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2017/010716_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf
https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1199592/mq-1b-accident-investigation-released/
Scramble (#441) / Air Forces Monthly (February 2016)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Jan-2016 18:46	abel 83	Added
08-Jan-2016 21:12	harro	Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Mar-2020 14:48	StokieSteve	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
14-Mar-2020 14:49	harro	Updated [Source, Accident report, ]
26-Mar-2020 14:50	DG333	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]