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Date: | Saturday 18 May 2002 |
Time: | 03:00 |
Type: | General Atomics RQ-1K Predator |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Registration: | 98-3039 |
MSN: | P039 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Jacobabad AB -
Pakistan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Jacobabad Air Base |
Destination airport: | Jacobabad Air Base |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An unmanned RQ-1B Predator UAV crashed near the remote Karim Bakhsh village in southwestern Pakistan on 18 May. The reconnaissance aircraft came down close to the Jacobabad Air Base.
The pilot had lost control and the aircraft went into an inverted spin.
Cause: improper assembly of a control servo by the manufacturer.
Sources:
Combat aircraft vol.04, 2002, No.3 June, page 16
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/drone-crashes/database/?noredirect=on Scramble
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25-Jun-2014 07:28 |
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07-Dec-2019 17:55 |
TB |
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29-Dec-2020 20:19 |
TB |
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29-Dec-2020 20:23 |
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