# Incident 20190126024589I: Latitude Engineering LLC HQ-60B, Playas, NM, January 26, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2019, 09:00 local time
- Place: Playas, NM
- Airport: Playas, Nm
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9126° N, 108.5363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Playas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9126&lon=-108.5363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630BN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N630BN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Latitude Engineering HQ-60B (registry code 06101ZI, https://openairdocs.org/model/latitude-engineering-hq-60b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LATITUDE ENGINEERING LLC HQ-60B
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 53 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190126024589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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