# Incident 20220719022069I: Ponce, PR, July 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2022, 18:50 local time
- Place: Ponce, PR
- Airport: Mercedita Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&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/20220719022069I

## Narrative

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

SPOKE WITH UAS PILOT  ON THIS DAY.  PILOT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.  HE IS NOT 107.  HE IS A RECREATIONAL PILOT.    UAS WAS DAMAGED. PILOT WAS AT JUAN PACHIN VICENS STADIUM IN THE CITY OF PONCE, PUERTO RICO.   LOST LINK TO UAS AND CRASHED AGAINST THE WALL.  HAS NO IDEA OF COST OF REPARATION TO AIRCRAFT.  ADVISED TO TAKE TRUST TEST, TO CHANGE HIS ADDRESS, TO VISIT FAA UAS SITE FOR RECREATIONAL AIRCRAFT.  NO HAZARD WAS CAUSED TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY.

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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