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MC-12 accident report released
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 [email protected].
Source: http://military-online.blogspot.com/2013/10/mc-12-accident-report-released.html
