20190126024589I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Latitude Engineering HQ-60B · Playas, NM · January 26, 2019

Date
January 26, 2019 · 09:00 local
Place
Playas, NM
Airport
Playas, Nm
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N630BN
Reported as
Latitude Engineering HQ-60B
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
186 total53 in this make and model3 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 January 26, 2019, at 0900 MST, a HQ-60B UAS, N630BN, registered to privacy data omitted, became unstable and impacted the ground while on a functional check flight. Visual meterorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained damage to the right wing, right boom, landing foot, aircraft nose, and no injuries to the UAS pilot or observers. The flight originated at Playas, Nm.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 26, 2019, AT 0900 MST, A HQ-60B UAS, N630BN, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, BECAME UNSTABLE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE ON A FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT BOOM, LANDING FOOT, AIRCRAFT NOSE, AND NO INJURIES TO THE UAS PILOT OR OBSERVERS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PLAYAS, NM.