ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 57938
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 October 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas QF-4E Phantom II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 67-0320 |
| MSN: | 3133 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Holloman AFB, NM -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Holloman AFB (KHMN) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on runway 1,6 seconds after take-off during unmanned flight. The automatical flight control system commanded the aircraft nose-dive immediately after take-off because of erraneous inputs from the tri-axis rate gyro. Cause of crash as tri-axis rate gyro being installed incorrectly due to bad diagram in maintenance manual.
Sources:
Scramble 271
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/drone-crashes/database/?noredirect=on
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jun-2014 20:49 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2014 07:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Plane category] |
| 22-Oct-2019 09:00 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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