# Incident 20220503021399I: Insitu Inc SCANEAGLE3, Upendleton, OR, May 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2022, 11:36 local time
- Place: Upendleton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6951° N, 118.8434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERN OREGON RGNL AT PENDLETON (PDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6951&lon=-118.8434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312LE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N312LE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Insitu SCANEAGLE3 (registry code 061014A, https://openairdocs.org/model/insitu-scaneagle3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: INSITU INC SCANEAGLE3
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR ORBITAL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,146 total, 69 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220503021399I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1836Z ON 05/03/2022 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A UAS, LAUNCHED FROM THE PENDLETON REGIONAL AIRPORT (KPDT). DURING CLIMB OUT THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THEY HAD LOST ENGINE POWER AND THEY WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT TO A PREPLANNED LANDING AREA. THE UAS LANDED IN THE PREPLANNED AREA. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS TO THE NOSE CONE AND THE PAYLOAD ATTACHED IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO GROUND PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY REPORTED. PICTURES OF THE UAS WERE SENT TO THIS OFFICE. THE UAS WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA WHERE THE LANDING AND INCIDENT OCCURRED BEFORE THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED.

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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