# Accident 20210528004039A: Buhl, ID, May 28, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2021, 08:00 local time
- Place: Buhl, ID
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Location: 42.5984° N, 114.7595° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buhl, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5984&lon=-114.7595&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210528004039A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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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