ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144859
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| Date: | Friday 6 April 2012 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: | Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 167788 |
| MSN: | N-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pul-e-Khumri district, northern province of Baghlan -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"On Friday, (...) Fire Scout crashed in Afghanistan. The Navy said the cause of that crash had not been determined.
There were no injuries or damage to other aircraft as a result of the crashes, the Navy said."
Flight Global reported in August that the crash was caused by a navigation system failure and that the MQ-8B was written off. The Naval aviation News recorder that one of the early aircraft Bureau Number 167788 was struck of charge on April 6th.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.ibn-tv.com/2012/04/us-copter-crashes-in-northern-afghanistan/]
http://shahamat-english.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16540:us-invaders-helicopter-shot-down-in-baghlan&catid=1:news&Itemid=2
http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/04/06/isaf-chopper-crashes-in-northern-afghanistan-many-killed/
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2012-04/07/content_25084742.htm
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/10/business/la-fi-mo-navy-drone-helicopter-grounded-20120410
https://navaltoday.com/2012/04/11/us-navy-investigates-unmanned-helicopter-mishaps/
https://www.flightglobal.com/us-navy-details-recent-mq-8b-crashes/106486.article
http://joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries23.html
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/86374/unmanned-aerial-vehicle-crashes-northern-afghanistan
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2012 06:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Apr-2012 08:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2012 11:58 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2012 03:06 | plcedi | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 11-Apr-2012 03:33 | gerard57 | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2012 03:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 06-Mar-2020 08:12 | StokieSteve | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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