ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210863
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2015 |
| Time: | 01:16L |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF |
| Registration: | 07-3207 |
| MSN: | P-207 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
MQ-1B T/O; ACFT DEPARTED PREPARED SURFACE; EXTENSIVE ACFT DAMAGE; NO INJURIES
The findings of the Air Combat Command Investigation Board were publicly released on 10th June 2016.
The US$ 4.66million aircraft veered off the runway after losing its line of sight antenna link during take-off. The landing gear and tails were sheared off, nose fractured and sensor ball ripped off before it came to rest north of the runway. The investigation found that errors in pre-flight by the Whiteman AFB-based 20th RS launch crew and a delay by the sensor operator in reacting to the lost link combined to cause the aircraft to crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2016/042815_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf
https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/796194/news-release-mq-1b-predator-accident-report-released/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 12-Mar-2020 07:06 | StokieSteve | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2020 07:06 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:52 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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