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FAA incident report · Aircraft · Pittsburgh, PA · April 26, 2016

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Date
April 26, 2016 · 20:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported engine
N/A N/A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
30 total30 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 1017 hours s/c bernarding was dispatched to beeler st to meet a Pittsburgh bureau of police officer regarding a drone/uas that was recovered in a yard.

Officer privacy data omitted responded to privacy data omitted and met officer white who stated that he was called to the home for a found drone. The home owner was not home at the time the police arrived. Officer privacy data omitted took the drone/uas to the carnegie mellon university robotics lab at gates hall. The students said it was not their aircraft.

The drone/uas had a FAA identification number located on the unit. The number is privacy data omitted.

The owner was identified as privacy data omitted.

I called privacy data omitted on the phone to discuss the incident that occurred on April 27, 2016 at 8:00PM local time. privacy data omitted Stated that he is recreational drone/uas pilot and does not hold an airman certificate. However, he has holds a small UAS certificate of registration, the number is privacy data omitted and expires 01/09/2019.

privacy data omitted Stated that he was flying the tricopter at 15 meters in the air and the remote control was controlling the UAS properly. About one minute later, the UAS was carried away by the wind at the same altitude and no changes applied to the controller were effective. The UAS continued to fly on a southerly heading out of sight. privacy data omitted Stated that he looked for the UAS for hours and could not locate it.

As the FAA filed it

ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 AT 1017 HOURS S/C BERNARDING WAS DISPATCHED TO BEELER ST TO MEET A PITTSBURGH BUREAU OF POLICE OFFICER REGARDING A DRONE/UAS THAT WAS RECOVERED IN A YARD.

OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND MET OFFICER WHITE WHO STATED THAT HE WAS CALLED TO THE HOME FOR A FOUND DRONE. THE HOME OWNER WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME THE POLICE ARRIVED. OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK THE DRONE/UAS TO THE CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY ROBOTICS LAB AT GATES HALL. THE STUDENTS SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR AIRCRAFT.

THE DRONE/UAS HAD A FAA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER LOCATED ON THE UNIT. THE NUMBER IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE OWNER WAS IDENTIFIED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

I CALLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON THE PHONE TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON APRIL 27, 2016 AT 8:00PM LOCAL TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE IS RECREATIONAL DRONE/UAS PILOT AND DOES NOT HOLD AN AIRMAN CERTIFICATE. HOWEVER, HE HAS HOLDS A SMALL UAS CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION, THE NUMBER IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND EXPIRES 01/09/2019.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING THE TRICOPTER AT 15 METERS IN THE AIR AND THE REMOTE CONTROL WAS CONTROLLING THE UAS PROPERLY. ABOUT ONE MINUTE LATER, THE UAS WAS CARRIED AWAY BY THE WIND AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AND NO CHANGES APPLIED TO THE CONTROLLER WERE EFFECTIVE. THE UAS CONTINUED TO FLY ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING OUT OF SIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE LOOKED FOR THE UAS FOR HOURS AND COULD NOT LOCATE IT.