20200130003529I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Columbus, OH · January 30, 2020

Date
January 30, 2020 · 10:30 local
Place
Columbus, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
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.

Aircraft is a dji T650A inspire 2 suas, serial # 0A0LG2J107005, registration # FA3FTYCLFE. Frequency used is unknown. The aircraft has two frequencies available, 2.4 and 5.8 ghz, but the PIC doesn't remember which one was in use during the flight. PIC is privacy data omitted, certificate privacy data omitted.

privacy data omitted Said that the UAS experienced an error on its first calibration attempt prior to launch but calibrated correctly on the second attempt and the flight continued after recording the home point at the launch position. He said the UAS was in positioning mode (p-mode) for the entire flight.

The landing sequence was initiated manually (I.e. the autoland feature was not used). privacy data omitted Said that the UAS "took off" when it got down to about 5' AGL and flew inside the cpd hangar where it struck a cpd helicopter. He said that the UAS acted as if it was "pre-programmed" to fly into the hangar once it got away from him.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT IS A DJI T650A INSPIRE 2 SUAS, SERIAL # 0A0LG2J107005, REGISTRATION # FA3FTYCLFE. FREQUENCY USED IS UNKNOWN. THE AIRCRAFT HAS TWO FREQUENCIES AVAILABLE, 2.4 AND 5.8 GHZ, BUT THE PIC DOESN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE WAS IN USE DURING THE FLIGHT. PIC IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT THE UAS EXPERIENCED AN ERROR ON ITS FIRST CALIBRATION ATTEMPT PRIOR TO LAUNCH BUT CALIBRATED CORRECTLY ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED AFTER RECORDING THE HOME POINT AT THE LAUNCH POSITION. HE SAID THE UAS WAS IN POSITIONING MODE (P-MODE) FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT.

THE LANDING SEQUENCE WAS INITIATED MANUALLY (I.E. THE AUTOLAND FEATURE WAS NOT USED). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT THE UAS "TOOK OFF" WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 5' AGL AND FLEW INSIDE THE CPD HANGAR WHERE IT STRUCK A CPD HELICOPTER. HE SAID THAT THE UAS ACTED AS IF IT WAS "PRE-PROGRAMMED" TO FLY INTO THE HANGAR ONCE IT GOT AWAY FROM HIM.