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FAA accident report · Aircraft · Buhl, ID · May 28, 2021

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Date
May 28, 2021 · 08:00 local
Place
Buhl, ID
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Damage
No 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.

Pilot cert: privacy data omitted, was doing a demonstration, with a precision vision 35, by leading edge aerial tech. (Reg# privacy data omitted), for west end men's club, in Buhl, ID. As the drone took off, he made an incorrect input (the drone was facing the pilot and not away as in typical operations) to the controls and brought the UAS hard left, with the propeller hitting a car that was about 10 to 12 ft away. The damage was to a 2013 chevy impala on the front hood and fender. The total cost of the repairs came to $713, putting it above the mandatory reporting of $500. The report was not submitted by the UAS pilot earlier because both he and the owner of the vehicle did not think it was a big deal and the owner believed it would "buff out". Upon interviewing the owner of the vehicle, he confirmed that he thought it would "buff out" but as it was a county vehicle, he had to have it fixed properly with the total being $713. The vehicle owner stated he believed there to be a gust of wind that came up at the same time as the UAS was taking off, which he believes may have contributed to the UAS moving hard left. The vehicle owner confirmed the clearance area of 10 to 12 ft for the UAS upon take off.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CERT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DOING A DEMONSTRATION, WITH A PRECISION VISION 35, BY LEADING EDGE AERIAL TECH. (REG# ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^), FOR WEST END MEN'S CLUB, IN BUHL, ID. AS THE DRONE TOOK OFF, HE MADE AN INCORRECT INPUT (THE DRONE WAS FACING THE PILOT AND NOT AWAY AS IN TYPICAL OPERATIONS) TO THE CONTROLS AND BROUGHT THE UAS HARD LEFT, WITH THE PROPELLER HITTING A CAR THAT WAS ABOUT 10 TO 12 FT AWAY. THE DAMAGE WAS TO A 2013 CHEVY IMPALA ON THE FRONT HOOD AND FENDER. THE TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIRS CAME TO $713, PUTTING IT ABOVE THE MANDATORY REPORTING OF $500. THE REPORT WAS NOT SUBMITTED BY THE UAS PILOT EARLIER BECAUSE BOTH HE AND THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE DID NOT THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND THE OWNER BELIEVED IT WOULD "BUFF OUT". UPON INTERVIEWING THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, HE CONFIRMED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD "BUFF OUT" BUT AS IT WAS A COUNTY VEHICLE, HE HAD TO HAVE IT FIXED PROPERLY WITH THE TOTAL BEING $713. THE VEHICLE OWNER STATED HE BELIEVED THERE TO BE A GUST OF WIND THAT CAME UP AT THE SAME TIME AS THE UAS WAS TAKING OFF, WHICH HE BELIEVES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE UAS MOVING HARD LEFT. THE VEHICLE OWNER CONFIRMED THE CLEARANCE AREA OF 10 TO 12 FT FOR THE UAS UPON TAKE OFF.