# Incident 20200616021029I: Fisherville, KY, June 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2020, 14:15 local time
- Place: Fisherville, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operator: 1UPA
- Location: 38.1898° N, 85.4630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fisherville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1898&lon=-85.4630&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200616021029I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16 2020 AT 1415L THE OPERATOR WAS CONDUCTING AN INITIAL 135.293 CHECK WITH A SMALL UAS, MATTERNET M2. THESE CHECKS ARE OPERATED UNDER PART 107. IN PREPARATION FOR THE FLIGHT, AND AFTER LOADING THE FLIGHT PLAN AND PAYLOAD BOX IN ACCORDANCE WITH UPSFF SOP, THE M2 INITIATED A TAKEOFF MANEUVER THAT WAS NOT COMMANDED BY THE RPIC CANDIDATE OR THE CHECK AIRMAN. THE OPERATOR STOPPED ALL OPERATIONS AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR SUPPORT, MATTERNET. INVESTIGATION INTO THE EVENT FOUND THAT AN ENGINEER ON THE MATTERNET STAFF, CONDUCTING FLIGHT TESTING, HAD INADVERTENTLY OR MISTAKENLY, INITIATED THE TAKEOFF ON THE M2-0037 AIRCRAFT THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM.

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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