# Accident 20170216008299A: New Orleans, LA, February 16, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2017, 17:00 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170216008299A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING VIDEO FLIGHT FOR SMOOTHIE KING AT THE SMOOTHIE KING CENTER, NEW ORLEANS, LA,  PIC LOST SIGNAL TO UAS USING 2.4 GHZ IMMEDIATLY SWITCHED TO 5.8GHZ BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECONNECT TO UAS.  UAS CONTINUED FLIGHT AT ORIGNAL HEADING AND ALITUDE.  PIC MAINTAINED LOS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REBOOT CONTROLLER.   UAS EVENTUALLY MADE CONTACT WITH VERIZON SIGN AT THE CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH THE SIGN AND THE UAS.   PIC STATED THAT SPECTRUM ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY TURNER SPORTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD REVEALED THAT MANY DEVICES WERE COMPETING FOR BANDWITH ON THOSE TWO FREQUENCIES.

## 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.

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