ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210851
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| Date: | Thursday 24 September 2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1B Predator |
| Owner/operator: | 432nd WG /18th RS USAF |
| Registration: | 07-3197 |
| MSN: | P-197 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | southeast of Derna, Libya -
 Libya
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
MQ-1B; AIRCRAFT ENTERED IMC; LOST LINK; IMPACTED TERRAIN; NO INJURIES
The Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board findings were publicly released on 31st March, 2016. The US$ 5.156million aircraft crashed on a mission in an "undisclosed location" from an "undisclosed air base" although contemporary press reports identified that it was operating over Libya.
The cause was the aircraft entering cloud and rapid icing causing controllability issues and eventual lost satellite link.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/drone-crashes/database/
https://www.ilfoglio.it/esteri/2015/09/25/news/un-drone-predator-e-caduto-su-una-zona-dello-stato-islamico-in-libia-87897/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2016/092416_MQ1B_Undisclosed.pdf
https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/709788/mq-1b-predator-accident-report-released/
Scramble (#444) / Air Forces Monthly (February 2016)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 14-Mar-2020 09:37 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 09:38 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 26-Mar-2020 14:53 | DG333 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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