# Accident 20200515021269A: San Angelo, TX, May 15, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2020, 10:26 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,535 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200515021269A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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