20191218024349I

Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Latitude Engineering HQ-90B · Iowa City, IA · December 18, 2019

Date
December 18, 2019 · 19:00 local
Place
Iowa City, IA
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N450PL
Reported as
Latitude Engineering HQ-90B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,400 total18 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

On December 18, 2020, a at approximately 1900Z a drone crashed in a trailer park 1 mile south of iow airport. Drone struck an empty driveway, slid into inflatable yard ornamants. No injuries, aircraft was destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 18, 2020, A AT APPROXIMATELY 1900Z A DRONE CRASHED IN A TRAILER PARK 1 MILE SOUTH OF IOW AIRPORT. DRONE STRUCK AN EMPTY DRIVEWAY, SLID INTO INFLATABLE YARD ORNAMANTS. NO INJURIES, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.