# Incident 20190307024399I: Fort Collins, CO, March 7, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190307024399I

## Narrative

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

SERGEANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTS THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DJI INSPIRE 1 AIRCRAFT IN SUPPORT OF POLICE SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS ON MARCH 7TH. HIS AIRCRAFT BATTERY LEVEL NEARLY EXHAUSTED, HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT IN FOR LANDING WHEN A LOSS OF CONTROLL OCCURRED JUST FEET FROM LANDING, RESULTING IN SOME DAMAGE TO A POLICE CRUISER DOOR. INITIAL DOOR REPAIR ESTIMATES WERE FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SCRATCHED AND DENTED DOOR COMPONENTS, TOTALING OVER $1200. HOWEVER, ACTUAL COST OF REPAIRS IS BELOW $500. THIS INCIDENT DOES NOT MEET THRESHOLD FOR UAS ACCIDENT. SERGEANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ADDS TO THE STORY.

AST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DISCUSSED THE INCIDENT WITH SERGEANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND SOME INTER-DEPARTMENT TRAINING/DISCUSSION RELATED TO LOW BATTERY LANDING PROCEDURES WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT RECURRENCE.

REFERENCE PTRS # 201904667

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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