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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Winston Salem, NC · January 27, 2021

Date
January 27, 2021 · 14:39 local
Place
Winston Salem, NC
Airport
Smith Reynolds
Phase of flight
Unknown
Damage
Destroyed
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.

The craft was launched for the first flight to scout the area at jamison park. Landed and deployed for a second flight. Entered spotlight mode to allow the camera to track a subject riding a skateboard at approximately 150-250FT flying back and up maintaining vlos the whole time. At the end of the shot while hovering just before returning it home (batteries at 40%) the craft failed and plummeted over privacy data omitted. Scouted with phantom 4 pro to find the area of impact and damage to the school's roof with no discovery of the crash site. Recorded video and stills withprivacy data omitted while scouting. All previous flights and last flight were recorded with a flight log in excel.

As the FAA filed it

THE CRAFT WAS LAUNCHED FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT TO SCOUT THE AREA AT JAMISON PARK. LANDED AND DEPLOYED FOR A SECOND FLIGHT. ENTERED SPOTLIGHT MODE TO ALLOW THE CAMERA TO TRACK A SUBJECT RIDING A SKATEBOARD AT APPROXIMATELY 150-250FT FLYING BACK AND UP MAINTAINING VLOS THE WHOLE TIME. AT THE END OF THE SHOT WHILE HOVERING JUST BEFORE RETURNING IT HOME (BATTERIES AT 40%) THE CRAFT FAILED AND PLUMMETED OVER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SCOUTED WITH PHANTOM 4 PRO TO FIND THE AREA OF IMPACT AND DAMAGE TO THE SCHOOL'S ROOF WITH NO DISCOVERY OF THE CRASH SITE. RECORDED VIDEO AND STILLS WITH^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE SCOUTING. ALL PREVIOUS FLIGHTS AND LAST FLIGHT WERE RECORDED WITH A FLIGHT LOG IN EXCEL.