# Accident 20120417007989A: Victorville, CA, April 17, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2012, 13:46 local time
- Place: Victorville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5361° N, 117.2912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victorville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5361&lon=-117.2912&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120417007989A

## Narrative

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

THE BOEING YMQ-18A UAS #A019 DEPARTED KVCV AT 1146L FOR THE UAS LOCAL FLYING AREA 3 MI NORTH OF THE AIRPORT FOR FLIGHT TESTS AT 4000 TO 5000 FT MSL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE UPPER SOUTHBOUND LEG OF A FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN WHEN IT LOST MAIN ROTOR THRUST AND ENTERED A COMPUTER DIRECTED AUTOROTATION WITH A DESCENT RATE OF 2000 FEET PER MINUTE (FPM).  THE UAS OPERATORS DIRECTED THE UAS TO A LANDING SPOT APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT.  THE SYSTEM'S AUTOMATION COMMANDED THE UAS TO BEGIN THE AUTOROTATIONAL FLARE AT 200 FT AGL AND MAKE A LANDING WHICH WAS HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UAS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.