NONE · GENERAL ATOMICS MQ-9 · 2008-11-07 · Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
Event
NTSB number
DCA09FA009
Event ID
20081107X13829
Type
Accident
Date
2008-11-07
Location
Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
Coordinates
31.590942, -110.169517
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
7
Total aboard
7
Aircraft
Make
GENERAL ATOMICS
Model
MQ-9
Registration
CBP113
FAR Part
PUBU
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
NITE
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to timely flare the aircraft to the appropriate attitude, likely associated with the different sight picture after switching cameras, resulting in a bounced landing; and the evaluator pilot’s lack of timely recognition and intervention. Contributing to the accident was the lack of standards and criteria in the Customs and Border Protection initial and recurrent training program for use of the MTS-B camera.