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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Port Saint Luci, FL · February 8, 2020

Date: February 8, 2020 · 20:17 local
Place: Port Saint Luci, FL
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Damage: No 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.

privacy data omittedWas piloting a dji spark drone (small UAS, max gross weight of 300 grams) around 8:15PM on 02/08/2020 over an active crime scene approximately 1200 feet from his driveway.

The area was secured with crime scene tape and there was a growing group of onlookers as well as a number of law enforcement officers on scene.

It was reported by law enforcement officers at the scene that the drone was dimly illuminated and was maintaining a height of 30 to 40 feet above the crowd.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS PILOTING A DJI SPARK DRONE (SMALL UAS, MAX GROSS WEIGHT OF 300 GRAMS) AROUND 8:15PM ON 02/08/2020 OVER AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET FROM HIS DRIVEWAY.

THE AREA WAS SECURED WITH CRIME SCENE TAPE AND THERE WAS A GROWING GROUP OF ONLOOKERS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON SCENE.

IT WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE SCENE THAT THE DRONE WAS DIMLY ILLUMINATED AND WAS MAINTAINING A HEIGHT OF 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE CROWD.