Release Number: 012513
10/25/2013 - LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- A
stall occurring due to insufficient airspeed caused an MC-12 Liberty to
crash 110 miles northeast of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Apr. 27,
2013, according to an Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board
report released today.
The aircraft, assigned to the 361st Expeditionary Reconnaissance
Squadron, crashed during an Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance mission. The aircraft's crew of four was killed, and the
aircraft, valued at $19.8 million, was destroyed.
According to the results of the investigation, the cause of the mishap
was a stall due to insufficient airspeed, while in a climbing left turn,
which developed into a left spin followed quickly by a left spiral,
from which the crew was unable to recover. The MC-12 crew was in a
routine, left-turn orbit when they encountered exceedingly cloudy
conditions that impeded visibility and masked the horizon. The crew
attempted to climb to an altitude where visibility would improve when
the stall occurred.
There were no civilian injuries, and there was no damage to private
property. For more information, please contact Air Combat Public Affairs
at (757) 764-5007 or email accpa.operations@us.af.mil.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment