20200515021269A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Aircraft · San Angelo, TX · May 15, 2020

Date
May 15, 2020 · 10:26 local
Place
San Angelo, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,535 total500 in this make and model12 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 may 15, 2020, at 1026 CDT, a MQ9 dash 7 predator b unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aircraft bearing cbp 213 markings was operated by privacy data omitted.

The UAS, call sign omaha 21, touched nose first during landing on mathis field runway 18 at San Angelo, Texas (ksjt). The aircraft nose pitched up during an attempt to go-around. The UAS then pitched down and impacted the runway, causing the nose gear to collapse. The aircraft was being operated as a public use flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an IFR flight plan was filed, but the UAS was VFR while operating in the pattern. The aircraft was destroyed by post-crash fire. The aircraft was unmanned and there were no injuries. The flight originated from San Angelo, Texas, on may 14, 2020, the previous day.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 15, 2020, AT 1026 CDT, A MQ9 DASH 7 PREDATOR B UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) AIRCRAFT BEARING CBP 213 MARKINGS WAS OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE UAS, CALL SIGN OMAHA 21, TOUCHED NOSE FIRST DURING LANDING ON MATHIS FIELD RUNWAY 18 AT SAN ANGELO, TEXAS (KSJT). THE AIRCRAFT NOSE PITCHED UP DURING AN ATTEMPT TO GO-AROUND. THE UAS THEN PITCHED DOWN AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PUBLIC USE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, BUT THE UAS WAS VFR WHILE OPERATING IN THE PATTERN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST-CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNMANNED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, ON MAY 14, 2020, THE PREVIOUS DAY.