ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146252
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Date: | Monday 11 June 2012 |
Time: | 12:00 |
Type: | Northrop Grumman RQ-4A BAMS-D |
Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
Registration: | 168739 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Bloodsworth Island, across the Chesapeake Bay -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
Destination airport: | Patuxent River NAS, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Naval drone aircraft crashed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore on Monday 11 June 2012 without injuries or property damage on the ground, officials said.
The 44-foot plane on a routine training flight crashed around noon near Bloodsworth Island, across the Chesapeake Bay from the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, according to Jaime Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons program.
Cause: ruddervator malfunction
Sources:
https://www.timesleader.com/stories/No-injuries-reported-in-Navy-drone-aircraft-crash-in-Maryland,162307_ https://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries23.html https://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/06/ap-navy-uav-crashes-maryland-061112/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Jun-2012 03:27 |
gerard57 |
Added |
12-Jun-2012 06:37 |
78Delta |
Updated [Source] |
16-May-2018 15:16 |
harro |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
07-Sep-2018 15:56 |
plcedi |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
07-Sep-2018 15:56 |
Anon. |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
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