ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210842
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 March 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG / 15th ATKS USAF |
| Registration: | 07-3198 |
| MSN: | P-198 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | CENTCOM AOR - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
MQ-1B LOST LINK; NOT RECOVERED; NO INJURIES
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 5th June, 2017.
The armed US$ 4.216 million aircraft crashed during a mission in an undisclosed country in the CENTCOM AOR. The crew lost the datalink and simultaneous control rack lock-up at the ground control station at Creech AFB, Nevada. Despite switching the controls and the datalink being restored this resumption of control could not be identified by the crew. The crew assumed the aircraft would revert to it pre-programmed emergency mission. However as the aircraft was actually following the command of the 2nd control which had throttle set in the idle position and the airspeed hold engage the aircraft sought to following these commands descended and then crashed.
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/2017/030816_MQ1B_CENTCOM.pdf
https://www.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1203198/mq-1b-accident-investigation-released/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:08 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:09 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:48 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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