What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The operator was performing a lidar and photogrammetry survey of the power lines for bki and pud up near The Dalles on Tuesday September 1st 2020. They had two drones in the air over the lines, one small drone at about 300'AGL and one large drone at about 100'AGL over the transmission lines. The operators drone was about 500' from the launch zone, when they heard someone shooting at the drone. The operator began to bring the drones in as quickly as possible as the person continued to fire at the drone probably about 12 to 18 times with what sounded to be a .22 caliber. Once they landed the drone, the operator inspected it for damage and found that the landing gear of the new lidar drone had been damaged where a bullet had torn through the carbon fiber and blown the retainer ring off. The operator called the wasco county sheriff's department. A case file was opened and an investigation conducted. Leap was also contacted.
As the FAA filed it
THE OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING A LIDAR AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY SURVEY OF THE POWER LINES FOR BKI AND PUD UP NEAR THE DALLES ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST 2020. THEY HAD TWO DRONES IN THE AIR OVER THE LINES, ONE SMALL DRONE AT ABOUT 300'AGL AND ONE LARGE DRONE AT ABOUT 100'AGL OVER THE TRANSMISSION LINES. THE OPERATORS DRONE WAS ABOUT 500' FROM THE LAUNCH ZONE, WHEN THEY HEARD SOMEONE SHOOTING AT THE DRONE. THE OPERATOR BEGAN TO BRING THE DRONES IN AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS THE PERSON CONTINUED TO FIRE AT THE DRONE PROBABLY ABOUT 12 TO 18 TIMES WITH WHAT SOUNDED TO BE A .22 CALIBER. ONCE THEY LANDED THE DRONE, THE OPERATOR INSPECTED IT FOR DAMAGE AND FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR OF THE NEW LIDAR DRONE HAD BEEN DAMAGED WHERE A BULLET HAD TORN THROUGH THE CARBON FIBER AND BLOWN THE RETAINER RING OFF. THE OPERATOR CALLED THE WASCO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. A CASE FILE WAS OPENED AND AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED. LEAP WAS ALSO CONTACTED.