ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210865
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| Date: | 01-MAR-2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF (432nd WG United States Air Force) |
| Registration: | 06-3164 |
| C/n / msn: | P-164 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kandahar Afghanistan -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
MQ-1B; EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION; IMPACTED TERRAIN; ACFT DESTROYED
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board finds were publicly release on 9th September 2015.
The US$ 3.9million aircraft was lost whilst being operated by a 163rd RW / 196th RS California ANG crew.
Investigators attributed the loss to a short circuit in a printed wiring board and almost immediate loss of satellite datalink. Once the on-board batteries were drained the aircraft would have crashed. However at the time of the investigation (held during June/July 2015) no crash site had been located. As an indication of the Predator fleet operational tempo the report noted that at the day of its final mission tail number 06-3164 had flown 16,389.2 hours
The report states only that the MQ-1B was operated in the CENTCOM Area Of Responsibility ("
AOR"). However the Washington Post database entry reports that the aircraft was lost near Kandahar Afghanistan.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
Scramble (438) / Air Forces Monthly (November 2015)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/drone-crashes/database/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2015/030115_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf
https://www.uasvision.com/2015/09/11/mq-1b-predator-accident-report-released-5/
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 11-Mar-2020 07:31 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2020 07:31 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 16:08 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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