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Customs and Border Protection Predator B Accident Nogales, Arizona April 25, 2006

Mobile Ground Control Station (MGCS) Ground Control Station (GCS)

PPO-1 PPO-2

TFR Boundary Departure Airport & Ground Control Station (GCS) Crash Site Route of Flight Southern US Border TFR

Accident Sequence 6:51 pm - Aircraft departs 3:32 am - PPO-1 locks up 3:33 am - Switches control to PPO-2 Fuel cut off to aircraft 3:35 am - Sends aircraft to lost link Aircraft descends below LOS and impacts terrain

Throttle Condition lever Speed lever

Field of view Focus Iris control

Pilot Qualification Review CBP requirements Commercial/Instrument pilot 200 hours manned aircraft 200 hours UAS Pilot experience 3,035 hours – manned aircraft 519 hours – Predator A 27 hours – Predator B

Pilot Training Review Pilots were General Atomics employees General Atomics provided training No CBP government flight representative Verbal agreement

UAS Lock-ups 4 Months GCS maintenance plans were inadequate 2 prior to accident flight GCS maintenance plans were inadequate No spare parts

Accident Findings Pilot had minimal Predator B experience Pilot met flight time requirements Instructor pilot not present in GCS Pilot failed to use checklist Pilot did not identify engine status

Accident Findings Unresolved console lockups Maintenance procedures Inadequate oversight by CBP

Staff Daniel Bartlett ATC John Clark Chief Scientist Bill English Facilitator Steve Magladry Systems Ed Malinowski Structures/Powerplant Dana Schulze System Safety Pam Sullivan IIC/Operations Michelle Wright Editor

Parties to the Investigation Federal Aviation Administration Customs and Border Protection General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Honeywell