ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75390
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| Date: | Sunday 30 December 2001 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Northrop Grumman RQ-4A Global Hawk (Block 10 pro |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force |
| Registration: | 98-2005 |
| MSN: | UAV-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 80 mi S of al-Dhafra Air Base -
 United Arab Emirates
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | al-Dhafra Air Base |
| al-Dhafra Air Base | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in a desert while returning to al-Dhafra Air Base, UAE, after an aborted surveillance flight over Afghanistan.
Cause: structural failure of the right V-tail and ruddervator, due to a bolt being installed backwards during manufacturing, leading to failure of an actuating rod for one of the control surfaces on V-tail.
Sources:
Air Forces Monthly MAY 2002, p4/July 2002, p75
Combat aircraft vol.04, 2002, No.1 January, page 14
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/drone-crashes/database/?noredirect=on
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2010 03:59 | TB | Added |
| 17-Feb-2012 03:03 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 13-Sep-2012 02:12 | krasatpi | Updated [Aircraft type, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2014 06:53 | harro | Updated [Location, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 09-Dec-2019 13:29 | TB | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2021 07:17 | 78Delta | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
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