# Incident 20200130003529I: Columbus, OH, January 30, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2020, 10:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&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/20200130003529I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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