# Accident 20190504024369A: Phoenixville, PA, May 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2019, 18:28 local time
- Place: Phoenixville, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Location: 40.1362° N, 75.5314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenixville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1362&lon=-75.5314&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported engine: N/A N/A
- 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/20190504024369A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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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