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| Date: | Friday 29 March 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 27th SOW / 3rd SOS USAF |
| Registration: | 05-3154 |
| MSN: | P-154 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Northest of Kandahar -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Washington Post database reports the MQ-1B crashed northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan after losing the satellite link to the aircraft.
The Special Operations Command Accident Investigation Board found that a lightning strike caused the lost link and damage to other electrical systems. The US$ 4.7million aircraft then automatically entered its flight termination mode which shut down the engine and commanded control inputs to stall, spin and crash the aircraft.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/drone-crashes/database/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 07-Mar-2020 09:49 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 16:02 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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