20210515015989A

Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Toledo, OH · May 15, 2021

Date
May 15, 2021 · 13:10 local
Place
Toledo, OH
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
0
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.

Ua registration number: privacy data omitted

UAS make: mavic AIR2

Serial number:privacy data omitted

Remote pilot certificate: privacy data omitted

Frequency: 2.4GHZ.

The pilot was interviewed and no fault by the pilot was found during the discussion. Pilot was hovering UAS steady indoors for several minutes at location taking a picture of a stained glass window for the church clergy when UAS lost control as described by pilot, a flyaway scenario and uncontrollable. It is not known if any radio interference caused the UAS to be unresponsive, an internal system fault, or momentary GPS lock and unlock which might have caused the UAS to default to return to home mode. UAS struck a stained glass window and broke a piece of glass. UAS then fell to the ground. He was then notified later that the damage quoted was $3800.00. He then reported the accident. The report was submitted later than the 10 day requirement because he did not find out how much the damage would cost until after he received the quote for repair from the church.

As the FAA filed it

UA REGISTRATION NUMBER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

UAS MAKE: MAVIC AIR2

SERIAL NUMBER:^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

FREQUENCY: 2.4GHZ.

THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND NO FAULT BY THE PILOT WAS FOUND DURING THE DISCUSSION. PILOT WAS HOVERING UAS STEADY INDOORS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT LOCATION TAKING A PICTURE OF A STAINED GLASS WINDOW FOR THE CHURCH CLERGY WHEN UAS LOST CONTROL AS DESCRIBED BY PILOT, A FLYAWAY SCENARIO AND UNCONTROLLABLE. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF ANY RADIO INTERFERENCE CAUSED THE UAS TO BE UNRESPONSIVE, AN INTERNAL SYSTEM FAULT, OR MOMENTARY GPS LOCK AND UNLOCK WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE UAS TO DEFAULT TO RETURN TO HOME MODE. UAS STRUCK A STAINED GLASS WINDOW AND BROKE A PIECE OF GLASS. UAS THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. HE WAS THEN NOTIFIED LATER THAT THE DAMAGE QUOTED WAS $3800.00. HE THEN REPORTED THE ACCIDENT. THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED LATER THAN THE 10 DAY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE HE DID NOT FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE DAMAGE WOULD COST UNTIL AFTER HE RECEIVED THE QUOTE FOR REPAIR FROM THE CHURCH.