# Accident 20210221023089A: Udenver, CO, February 21, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2021, 10:14 local time
- Place: Udenver, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210221023089A

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF EVENT

REMOTE PILOT REPORTED AT APPROXIMATELY 10:14 AM ON 02/21/2021, WHILE HOVERING, LESS THAN 1 MINUTE, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF CLOSE TO (39.75426425399646, -105.00380299671772), AND WITHOUT UAS PILOT INITIATING ANY MOVEMENT THE UAS FLEW UNCOMMANDED TO THE RIGHT (SOUTHWEST) DIRECTLY INTO A BUILDING (39.75411166088426, -105.0038673697346).

REMOTE PILOT REPORTED THAT UA (UNMANNED AIRCRAFT) SEEMED UNRESPONSIVE TO ANY CONTROL INPUT.

UA CRASHED INTO A NEARBY BUILDING

UA COLLISION BROKE A WINDOW ON THE BUILDING AT 2000 16TH ST MALL.

REMOTE PILOT IS PART 107 CERTIFIED AND UA IS REGISTERED.

REMOTE PILOT REPORTED USING DJI APPLICATION TO DETERMINE IF ANY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE IN THE AREA

? SAS RECORD NUMBER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT

1703: NM03202102903

UAS REGISTRATION NUMBERS:

FA3MKRXTE

UAS MAKE: DJI

UAS MODEL: MAVIC 2 PRO

UAS SERIAL NUMBERS:

163DFAV0017G7M

REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBERS:

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

FREQ BEING USED BY OPERATOR:  UNKNOWN

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

TYPE OF OPERATION: PART 44809

ROOT CAUSE OF ACCIDENT LOSS OF CONTROL OF UAS

## 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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