ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184179
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 2016 |
| Time: | 01:40L |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG USAF |
| Registration: | 04-3129 |
| MSN: | P-129 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Adana province -
 Turkey
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Incirlik airbase |
| Incirlik airbase | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The US military drone crashed after a technical malfunction.
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 30th January, 2018. Whilst returning early due to an under-performing engine turbocharger the US $ 4.1million armed aircraft crashed in a field. It crashed after the 414th ERS recovery crew lost downlink connection to the MQ-1 around 10 nautical miles south of its base in the CENTOM AOR (at the time of the crash itself USAFE confirmed the loss was in Southern Turkey). The cause of the crash was due to the crew failure to execute the check-list for loss of the downlink in part due the distraction of the turbocharger issue.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2489477.html
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-drone-crashes-in-turkeys-south.aspx?pageID=238&nID=94698&NewsCatID=341
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2016/02/03/us-drone-crashes-in-turkey/
https://www.usafe.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/747975/predator-crashes-in-southern-turkey/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2018/02022016_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2016 11:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Feb-2016 12:37 | abel83 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 14-Mar-2020 15:44 | StokieSteve | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 15:45 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:50 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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