# Incident 20220725021339I: Dji MAVIC 2 ENTERPRISE ADVANCED, Seattle, WA, July 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2022, 15:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: SUAS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DJI MAVIC 2 ENTERPRISE ADVANCED
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220725021339I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 25, 2022 - THE REMOTE PILOT IN COMMAND (CERTIFICATE NUMBER 4686751) WAS TRAINING WITH A DJI MAVIC 2, ENTERPRISE ADVANCED SUAS DRONE. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS TO PRACTICE HAND CAPTURES. THE AREAS WERE THE REMOTE PILOT FLIES FOR THEIR WORK, DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE A FLAT, STEADY AREA TO LAND THEIR FLIGHTS. PROTOCOLS AT THE REMOTE PILOTS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT REQUIRE THE PARTICIPANTS TO WEAR A HELMET, GLASSES AND GLOVES ON BOTH HANDS. THE PARTICIPANT WHO WAS HAND CAPTURING THE DRONE AT THE TIME DID NOT HAVE GLOVES ON BOTH OF THEIR HANDS, ONLY THE RIGHT HAND WAS GLOVED WHICH WAS HER CATCHING HAND AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE, HOWEVER, DID HAVE THE OTHER REQUIRED PERSONAL, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. ONCE THE SUAS DRONE WAS ON APPROACH FOR HAND CAPTURE, THE PARTICIPANT RAISED THEIR HAND TO GRAB THE SUAS DRONE. THE PARTICIPANT DID NOT HAVE A FIRM GRIP ON THE SUAS DRONE AND QUICKLY RAISED THEIR OTHER HAND (LEFT) TO SUPPORT THE UNSTABLE SUAS DRONE. WHILE THE OTHER HAND WAS BEING RAISED, THE PROPS OF THE QUADCOPTER HAD NOT STOPPED, COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE PARTICIPANT’S LEFT HAND RESULTING IN LACERATIONS TO THEIR INDEX FINGER AND LEFT THUMB. A HOSPITAL VISIT RESULTED IN SUTURES TO THE INJURED AREAS OF THE PARTICIPANT’S LEFT HAND.

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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