# Incident 20210711004119I: Mt Dora, FL, July 11, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2021, 06:26 local time
- Place: Mt Dora, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operator: L0SM
- Location: 28.8133° N, 81.6334° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Dora, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8133&lon=-81.6334&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/20210711004119I

## Narrative

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

A LAW ENFORCEMENT DRONE CONDUCTING A LAWFUL MISSION ON 7/11/2021 WAS SHOT DOWN AT APPROX. 0626 HOURS. REMOTE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) WAS PILOTING A LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE (FL) ISSUED DRONE (DJI MATRICE M300 RTK) (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) IN AN OVERWATCH MISSION TO PRELIMINARILY CLEAR A LARGE (10 ACRE) WAREHOUSE COMPLEX THAT HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED. JUST BEFORE THE FLIGHT ENDED, TWO SHOTS WERE FIRED AT THE DRONE. IT APPEARS THAT ONE OF THOSE SHOTS STRUCK THE DRONE IN ITS LIPO BATIERY CAUSING AN IMMEDIATE FIRE ONBOARD THE DRONE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO MANUEVER THE DRONE INTO AN OPEN LANDING AREA WITHOUT SUCCESS AS THE RETURN TO HOME FEATURE AND AUTO LANDING SEQUENCES HAD INITIATED DUE TO RAPID LOSS OF BATTERY POWER. THE DRONE CRASHED ON THE ROOF OF A NEARBY METAL BUILDING AND SLID DOWN DUE TO THE PITCHED ROOF WHERE IT GOT CAUGHT ON A RAIN GUTTER AND INVERTED ITSELF OFF OF THE ROOF, INADVERTENTLY SUSPENDING ITSELF AWAY FROM THE BUILDING WHILE IT BURNED OUT. THE DRONE WAS A TOTAL LOSS (30K) HOWEVER, NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ANY NEARBY PROPERTY, STRUCTURES OR PEOPLE.

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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