# Incident 20220114005939I: Unionville, VA, January 14, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2022, 09:05 local time
- Place: Unionville, VA
- Airport: Na
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 38.2578° N, 77.9771° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Unionville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-77.9771&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/20220114005939I

## Narrative

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

THE DRONE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SURVEY OVER A SOLAR PANEL FIELD. HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 16 MINUTES OF BATTERY LIFE LEFT. HE WOULD EXPECT A WARNING ONCE IT REACHED 7 MINUTES. THE APP DISPLAYED 16 MINUTES AND GAVE NO WARNINGS. THERE WAS A QUICK FLASH STATING A BATTERY PROBLEM AS THE DRONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WOBBLED AND CRASHED FROM ITS HOVER IN FLIGHT.

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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