ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210861
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF |
| Registration: | 11-4138 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | base in AFRICOM AOR - |
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
MQ-9A; DEPARTED PREPARED SURFACE AFTER TOUCHDOWN; SIG DAMAGE; NO INJURIES
The Air Combat Command Investigation Board Report was publicly released on June 10th, 2016.
The aircraft tasked on an US AFRICOM mission veered left off the runway at an undisclosed installation during landing suffering US$ 6,7million worth of damage, The cause was a failed nosewheel servo driver which left the wheel frozen 12degrees to the left of centre.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2016/050515_MQ9A_AFRICOM.pdf
https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/796213/news-release-mq-9a-reaper-accident-investigation-report-released/
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 12-Mar-2020 07:07 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2020 07:07 | harro | Updated [Phase, Source, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:52 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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