# Incident 20070206003469I: Raythn COBRA, Huachuca City, AZ, February 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2007, 13:53 local time
- Place: Huachuca City, AZ
- Airport: Whetstone
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6837° N, 110.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHETSTONE (11AZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6837&lon=-110.2901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602RN-2009-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon COBRA (registry code 061001A, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-cobra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Desert ACF DA-150 (registry code 20500, https://openairdocs.org/engine/desert-acf-da-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN COBRA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,619 total, 5 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070206003469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 06, 2007, AT 1353 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, N602RN, AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE WHETSTONE AIRPORT SOUTH OF BENSON, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), WHO IS AN INTERNAL PILOT AT THE GROUND CONTROL STATION SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDED OFF TO THE EXTERNAL PILOT WHO MADE A HARD LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SUSTAIN MINOR DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N602RN (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080924857049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080924857049A), Sep 24, 2008: Raythn COBRA (N602RN), Whetstone, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 24, 2008, at 0841 MST, an experimental Raytheon Cobra, unmanned aircraft system (UAS), N602N, was substantially damaged when it lost engine…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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