Accident General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper 11-4138,
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Date:Tuesday 5 May 2015
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic Q9 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper
Owner/operator:432nd WG USAF
Registration: 11-4138
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:base in AFRICOM AOR -
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: USAF AIB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
MQ-9A; DEPARTED PREPARED SURFACE AFTER TOUCHDOWN; SIG DAMAGE; NO INJURIES

The Air Combat Command Investigation Board Report was publicly released on June 10th, 2016.

The aircraft tasked on an US AFRICOM mission veered left off the runway at an undisclosed installation during landing suffering US$ 6,7million worth of damage, The cause was a failed nosewheel servo driver which left the wheel frozen 12degrees to the left of centre.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: USAF AIB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2016/050515_MQ9A_AFRICOM.pdf
https://www.nellis.af.mil/News/Article/796213/news-release-mq-9a-reaper-accident-investigation-report-released/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-May-2018 21:10 ASN archive
12-Mar-2020 07:07 StokieSteve Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
12-Mar-2020 07:07 harro Updated [Phase, Source, Accident report, ]
26-Mar-2020 14:52 DG333 Updated [Operator, Operator]

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