# Accident 20210630015979A: Centreville, VA, June 30, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2021, 09:45 local time
- Place: Centreville, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.8406° N, 77.4385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Centreville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8406&lon=-77.4385&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210630015979A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 8, 2021, THE WASHINGTON FSDO RECEIVED UAS PART 107 ACCIDENT ? DRA EVENT ID: 670211, 06/30/2021 0945 EDT, LOCATION CENTREVILLE, VA 20121

UAS REGISTRATION NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO A QUARTER PANEL IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN $500. UAS OPERATOR REPORTED THE UAS EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE DURING FLIGHT. ACCIDENT REPORT DETAILS REFERENCE NUMBER:UASA-2021-00016 SUBMITTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON JULY 7, 2021 07:55 PM

ON JULY 12, 2021, AST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SEND EMAIL TO SPECIAL AGENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR A DRONE REGISTRATION SEARCH AND REQUEST INFORMATION ON THE ACCIDENT. SPECIAL AGENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO THE EMAIL, ATTACHING THE UAS REGISTRATION INFORMATION, NO OTHER INFORMATION ON THE ACCIDENT WAS RECEIVED.

UAS REGISTERED TO: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TRAVELERS INSURANCE, UAS MANUFACTURER: DJI, MODEL PHANTOM 4 PRO,  SERIAL NUMBER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 26, 2021, AST HELEN KELLEY SEND EMAIL TO MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MANAGER DIRECTOR, PROPERTY CLAIM PRODUCT TRAVELERS, REQUESTING PHOTOS OF THE UAS, ESTIMATE OR QUOTE OF TOTAL DAMAGE AND A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT OF THE EVENT. MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO THE EMAIL. MR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS WAITING FOR THE WRITTEN REPAIR QUOTE FOR THE VEHICLE BUT ESTIMATED THE DAMAGES BETWEEN $2,500 - $3,000. INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL RESPONSE WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE REMOTE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED VEHICLE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATEMENT:

REMOTE PILOT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

AFTER LADDER NOW INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. I PLACED DRONE IN A CLEAR SPACE TURNED IT ON AND SYNCED TO DJI. AFTER ALLOWING IT TO HOVER FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES I INSPECTED THE LIGHTS FROM BELOW AND HAD TWO GREEN LIGHTS AND TWO RED LIGHTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONFIRMED THAT THE LIGHT PATTERN WAS WHAT I WANTED TO SEE. I MOVED TOWARDS THE SIDE WALK SO I WOULD HAVE SHADE TO SEE THE SCREEN DURING FLIGHT. I PULLED THE LEFT CONTROLLER STICK TOWARDS THE LEFT WHICH WOULD BRING THE DRONE TOWARDS ME. AS IT BEGAN TO MOVE TOWARDS THE LEFT THE POWER FAILED AND IT DROPPED SMASHING INTO THE REAR OF THE INSURED?S NEIGHBORS CAR AND THEN ON TO THE GROUND. THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE CAMERA, THE DRONE, AND THE BACK OF NEIGHBOR?S CAR.

9/15/2021 ? TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DRONE WAS PERFORMING ROOF INSPECTION, DRONE WAS SEND TO MANUFACTURER DJI FOR REASON THE DRONE LOST POWER, WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A BATTERY MALFUNCTION, REQUESTED REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE OF PILOT BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL RECEIVED EMAIL WITH REMOTE PILOT LICENSE, VERIFIED IN SPAS, NO EIS VIOLATION RECORD.

CONCLUSION: THE WAS NO COMPLIANCE VIOLATION, ACCIDENT CAUSE BY EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.

## 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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