What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
FSDO incident number is: IGL0320220022
Atqa accident number for this event is: AGL0322003
Sas activity number(s) associated with the event T-GL03-FY22-0240
Aircraft: dji matrice 300 rtk FA3N7T77RM s/n 1ZNDH9G00C1FH6
When: 11/15/2021 2118Z
Where: privacy data omitted
Injuries: none
Damage from event: major aircraft damage
Post event fire or damage: fire resulted from lithium battery impact on pavement
A remote pilot was operating an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for cityscape photography when the UAS lost link to the controller and activated a return to home sequence. During the return to home sequence, the UAS spun out of control and impacted a window on the 95th floor of a building. Some pieces of the UAS remained in the building while the rest crashed on the ground outside the building, with a resulting fire.
As the FAA filed it
FSDO INCIDENT NUMBER IS: IGL0320220022
ATQA ACCIDENT NUMBER FOR THIS EVENT IS: AGL0322003
SAS ACTIVITY NUMBER(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT T-GL03-FY22-0240
AIRCRAFT: DJI MATRICE 300 RTK FA3N7T77RM S/N 1ZNDH9G00C1FH6
WHEN: 11/15/2021 2118Z
WHERE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
INJURIES: NONE
DAMAGE FROM EVENT: MAJOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
POST EVENT FIRE OR DAMAGE: FIRE RESULTED FROM LITHIUM BATTERY IMPACT ON PAVEMENT
A REMOTE PILOT WAS OPERATING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) FOR CITYSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN THE UAS LOST LINK TO THE CONTROLLER AND ACTIVATED A RETURN TO HOME SEQUENCE. DURING THE RETURN TO HOME SEQUENCE, THE UAS SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND IMPACTED A WINDOW ON THE 95TH FLOOR OF A BUILDING. SOME PIECES OF THE UAS REMAINED IN THE BUILDING WHILE THE REST CRASHED ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING, WITH A RESULTING FIRE.