ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210854
Last updated: 31 October 2020
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| Date: | 16-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | "207" |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Samawah, Iraq -
 Iraq
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Contract crew reported a GCS ECU over-temp condition, after which, link with the aircraft was lost. Completion of emergency ECU repair procedures failed to reestablish link and aircraft remains unaccounted for.
The US DoD confirmed to American press enquiries regarding pictures of the crash-site published on Iraqi social media that a MQ-1 had been lost in Iraq returning from an ISR mission.
Sources:
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2015/07/23/dod-confirms-mq-1-uav-crash-in-iraq/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2018 21:10 | ASN archive | |
| 09-Feb-2020 20:20 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Mar-2020 09:50 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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