# Accident 20180318000289A: Kouts, IN, March 18, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Kouts, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Location: 41.3172° N, 87.0266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kouts, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3172&lon=-87.0266&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/20180318000289A

## Narrative

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

THE REMOTE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE HALO PRO, FA REGISTRATION NUMBER FA3MR3TYKH   AT HIS HOUSE LOCATED IN KOUTS IN. WHILE HE WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS THE UAS ATTEMPTED TO FLY AWAY. THE UAS WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET HORIZONTALLY AND 140 FEET VERTICALLY FROM HIS POSITION. HE GAINED CONTROL ONLY BY PRESSING THE RETURN TO HOME BUTTON. WHEN THE UAS RETURNED, HE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY OPERATE THE CONTROLS AGAIN. AFTER GAINING CONTROL, THE UAS FLEW AWAY AGAIN. THIS TIME FLYING AT MAXIMUM SPEED TOWARDS HIS NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET HORIZONTALLY FROM HIS LOCATION. THE  UAS STRUCK THE CONCRETE AND THEN HIT THE  NEIGHBORS POLICE VEHICLE AS IT WAS PARKED. THE POLICE OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICE CAR RECEIVED ESTIMATES TOTALLING $1400.00.  THE FREQUENCY USED BY THE OPERATOR IS UNKNOWN.

## 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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