ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210904
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| Date: | Saturday 2 March 2013 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 27th SOW /3rd SOS USAF |
| Registration: | 04-3133 |
| MSN: | P-133 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7nmiles southwest of Kandahar Air Base -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | KDH / OAKN |
| KDH / OAKN | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During landing approach after a 21 hour mission from/to Kandahar AB the MQ-1B impacted the ground around 7nautical miles southwest of the airfield whilst being flown by the locally-based 451st AEW/62nd ERS launch and recovery element.
The Special Operations Command Accident Investigation Board report found that a malfunction of the secondary control module caused abnormal flight control inputs to be sent to the left ruddervator putting the aircraft into an unrecoverable spin. The US$ 4.6million aircraft was destroyed upon impact.
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/2013/030213_MQ-1B_Kandahar.pdf
Air Forces Monthly (September 2013)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 07-Mar-2020 09:06 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2020 09:06 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 11-Mar-2020 16:01 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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