- Date
- October 24, 2016, 12:32 local (12:32 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Disappointment, Australia
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- UNREGLockheed Stalker
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94299
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of engine power (total)All aircraft: 3,820 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Lockheed Martin Stalker XE unmanned aircraft that occurred on October 24, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the ATSB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the aircraft.All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Lockheed Stalker
- Category
- Powered-lift
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown