20210616004949A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Onalaska, WI · June 16, 2021

Date
June 16, 2021 · 13:40 local
Place
Onalaska, WI
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1

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.

Registration: privacy data omitted

Make: dji

Model: phantom 4 v.2.0

Serial number: 11USJ31R710039

Rpic cert number: privacy data omitted

On June 16, 2021 the UAS described above was operated by the certified pilot listed above was being used to perform surveillance of a building. As the UAS was returning to land due to strong winds it passed between 2 metal warehouse structures and lost gpr signal. When a strong gust of wind blew the UAS towards the rpic and in an attempt to disable the UAS he reached to grab it and turn it upside down which would automatically disable the rotors. The wind gust made it hard to properly grab the UAS and resulted in the rpic receiving cuts from the rotor blade on his ring and pinky fingers. The rpic required three stitches on his left hand ring finger and two on his left hand pinky finger

As the FAA filed it

REGISTRATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

MAKE: DJI

MODEL: PHANTOM 4 V.2.0

SERIAL NUMBER: 11USJ31R710039

RPIC CERT NUMBER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

ON JUNE 16, 2021 THE UAS DESCRIBED ABOVE WAS OPERATED BY THE CERTIFIED PILOT LISTED ABOVE WAS BEING USED TO PERFORM SURVEILLANCE OF A BUILDING. AS THE UAS WAS RETURNING TO LAND DUE TO STRONG WINDS IT PASSED BETWEEN 2 METAL WAREHOUSE STRUCTURES AND LOST GPR SIGNAL. WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW THE UAS TOWARDS THE RPIC AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISABLE THE UAS HE REACHED TO GRAB IT AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN WHICH WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DISABLE THE ROTORS. THE WIND GUST MADE IT HARD TO PROPERLY GRAB THE UAS AND RESULTED IN THE RPIC RECEIVING CUTS FROM THE ROTOR BLADE ON HIS RING AND PINKY FINGERS. THE RPIC REQUIRED THREE STITCHES ON HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER AND TWO ON HIS LEFT HAND PINKY FINGER