# Accident 20210724022659A: Commerce City, CO, July 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2021, 21:21 local time
- Place: Commerce City, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 39.8083° N, 104.9339° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Commerce City, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8083&lon=-104.9339&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210724022659A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2021 AT 9:21PM MDT AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A DJI MAVIC AIR2 DRONE, PILOTED BY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAST, CHRISTOPHER, S., CO DL NUMBER 17-165-1205,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^UPON REACHING ITS BATTERY LIMIT, ENTERED AUTO-LAND AND STUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE BLADES STUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE LEFT CHEEK CAUSING LACERATIONS THAT REQUIRED HOSPITALIZATION FOR SUTURES.

THE UNREGISTERED AND UNMARKED DJI MAVIC AIR2 DRONE, SERIAL NUMBER UNKNOWN, NOW REGISTERED AS FA399CEMMX, WAS BEING FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WHO DOES NOT HAVE A REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FREQUENCY BEING USE WAS 2.4/5.8GHZ.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS 16 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ KNEW OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF HIS DRONE FLIGHT. OFFICIAL SUNSET WAS AT 8:19 P.M. MDT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD GONE INSIDE HIS HOUSE WHILE FLYING THE DRONE OUT OF SIGHT. THE DRONE ENTERED AUTO-LAND DUE TO A LOW BATTERY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS RIDING HER BIKE DOWN THE SIDEWALK AS THE DRONE DESCENDED AND DID NOT SEE THE DRONE UNTIL IT STRUCK HER.

## 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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