# Incident 20211115022639I: Chicago, IL, November 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2021, 03:58 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&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/20211115022639I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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