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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Phoenixville, PA · May 4, 2019

Date
May 4, 2019 · 18:28 local
Place
Phoenixville, PA
Phase of flight
Unknown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported engine
N/A N/A
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

May 10, 2019 traveled to the residences of privacy data omitted to discuss an accident that occurred on may 4, 2019. Specifically, privacy data omitted informed inspectors from AFG-300 EA17, that on may 4, 2019, at 6:28PM, she witnessed a drone fly into a large evergreen tree next to her garage, then hit the roof of her garage and crashed into the left front quarter panel of her car. Additionally, the drone almost struck privacy data omitted child. privacy data omitted Called the police and reported the accident and informed inspectors shortly after the accident she noticed a middle-aged man riding a bicycle up and down the street looking over at her house.

Inspectors traveled to the Phoenixville police department and received the police report, and inspected the small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), a privacy data omitted karma with camera, serial number E5112324512737 and battery serial number E5164224796542. The privacy data omitted karma was damaged substantially damaged and no registration marking found. privacy data omitted Provided the Phoenixville police department and the FAA a preliminary estimate to repair the damaged vehicle. This estimate was for $ 1416.69 dollars from privacy data omitted collision services.

As the FAA filed it

MAY 10, 2019 TRAVELED TO THE RESIDENCES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DISCUSS AN ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON MAY 4, 2019. SPECIFICALLY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INFORMED INSPECTORS FROM AFG-300 EA17, THAT ON MAY 4, 2019, AT 6:28PM, SHE WITNESSED A DRONE FLY INTO A LARGE EVERGREEN TREE NEXT TO HER GARAGE, THEN HIT THE ROOF OF HER GARAGE AND CRASHED INTO THE LEFT FRONT QUARTER PANEL OF HER CAR. ADDITIONALLY, THE DRONE ALMOST STRUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHILD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED THE POLICE AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND INFORMED INSPECTORS SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHE NOTICED A MIDDLE-AGED MAN RIDING A BICYCLE UP AND DOWN THE STREET LOOKING OVER AT HER HOUSE.

INSPECTORS TRAVELED TO THE PHOENIXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RECEIVED THE POLICE REPORT, AND INSPECTED THE SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS), A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KARMA WITH CAMERA, SERIAL NUMBER E5112324512737 AND BATTERY SERIAL NUMBER E5164224796542. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KARMA WAS DAMAGED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND NO REGISTRATION MARKING FOUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED THE PHOENIXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FAA A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED VEHICLE. THIS ESTIMATE WAS FOR $ 1416.69 DOLLARS FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLISION SERVICES.