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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Aircraft · St Louis, MO · August 19, 2021

Date: August 19, 2021 · 12:48 local
Place: St Louis, MO
Phase of flight: Unknown
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The st. Louis flight standards office was contacted by the national parks service that a small unmanned aircraft system (suas) had crashed into the old courthouse located within the gateway arch national park. The destroyed suas was recovered by national park service personnel. The pilot approached national parks service personnel in an attempt to recover the suas. The suas wreckage was returned to the pilot after paying a fine. The pilot was flying in a national parks restricted area and does not possess a remote pilot certificate. There were no injuries our damage to the structure of the old courthouse.

As the FAA filed it

THE ST. LOUIS FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE THAT A SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (SUAS) HAD CRASHED INTO THE OLD COURTHOUSE LOCATED WITHIN THE GATEWAY ARCH NATIONAL PARK. THE DESTROYED SUAS WAS RECOVERED BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL. THE PILOT APPROACHED NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE PERSONNEL IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE SUAS. THE SUAS WRECKAGE WAS RETURNED TO THE PILOT AFTER PAYING A FINE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING IN A NATIONAL PARKS RESTRICTED AREA AND DOES NOT POSSESS A REMOTE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OUR DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE.