# Accident 20210616004949A: Onalaska, WI, June 16, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2021, 13:40 local time
- Place: Onalaska, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Location: 43.8900° N, 91.2042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Onalaska, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8900&lon=-91.2042&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210616004949A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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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