# Incident 20190704024279I: Chesterfield, MO, July 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2019, 20:05 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 38.6631° N, 90.5771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesterfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6631&lon=-90.5771&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190704024279I

## Narrative

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

1) UA FA REGISTRATION NUMBER: FA3CN9KFY4

2) UA MAKE, MODEL, AND SERIAL NUMBER: DJI MAVIC AIR, SER #: 0K1CF973AH5NNB

3) REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER: N/A

4) FREQUENCY BEING USED BY OPERATOR: UNKNOWN

5) TYPE OF OPERATION: HOBBYIST

6) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: CHESTERFIELD, MO. POLICE OFFICERS IDENTIFIED A UAS FLYING OVER A LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE DURING A CITY SPONSORED EVENT.  POLICE OFFICERS IDENTIFIED AND APPREHENDED SUBJECT OPERATING THE UAS.  SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING LOCAL ORDINANCES AND HIS UAS WAS CONFISCATED.  NO REGISTRATION MARKINGS WERE FOUND ON UAS.  SUBJECT WAS RELEASED SHORTLY AFTERWARD AND ISSUED A SUMMONS.  CONFISCATED UAS WAS LATER RETURNED TO HIM BY CHESTERFIELD, MO POLICE ONCE HE PROVIDED PROOF OF REGISTRATION.  CHESTERFIELD, MO POLICE REPORTED INCIDENT TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION.

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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