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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Peoria, IL · February 25, 2021

Date: February 25, 2021 · 09:30 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Phase of flight: Climb
Damage: Minor damage
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 pilot struck a car with mavic drone while conducting a roof inspection at private residence for his employer. The pilot reported that he climbed straight upwards not realizing there was a skinny tree branch in the drones flight path. Once the drone struck the tree branch it was deflected into the side of a car parked in the driveway. The UAS caused property damage to the car. No injuries were sustained and the UAS reportedly just lost two fan blades.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STRUCK A CAR WITH MAVIC DRONE WHILE CONDUCTING A ROOF INSPECTION AT PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR HIS EMPLOYER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE CLIMBED STRAIGHT UPWARDS NOT REALIZING THERE WAS A SKINNY TREE BRANCH IN THE DRONES FLIGHT PATH. ONCE THE DRONE STRUCK THE TREE BRANCH IT WAS DEFLECTED INTO THE SIDE OF A CAR PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE UAS CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE CAR. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THE UAS REPORTEDLY JUST LOST TWO FAN BLADES.