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Date: | Friday 17 January 2014 |
Time: | |
Type: | General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
Owner/operator: | 432nd WG /18th RS USAF |
Registration: | 09-3260 |
MSN: | P-260 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 60 miles off Libya -
Libya
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:MQ-1 AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF THRUST AND IMPACTED TERRAIN, AC DESTROYED.
The Air Comat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 10th July, 2014. The US$ 4.59million aircraft ditched in the Mediterranean 11.5 hours into its mission. It was not recovered. However, using the GCS data logs the investigators determined that a loss of coolant led to a loss of engine thrust and gradual descent from 14,000ft to impact the sea over a 50-minute time-span.
Sources:
1.https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
2.https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/drone-crashes/database/
3.https://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2014/01714_MQ1B_MEDITERRANEAN.pdf
4.https://www.uasvision.com/2014/07/24/coolant-leak-caused-mq-1b-predator-mediterranean-crash/
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-May-2018 21:10 |
ASN archive |
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08-Mar-2020 12:33 |
StokieSteve |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
11-Mar-2020 16:15 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Operator] |