# NTSB Accident DCA09FA009
> **GENERAL ATOMICS MQ-9** · 2008-11-07 · Sierra Vista, AZ, USA · NONE
## 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.

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