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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Holy Stone HS720G · Mckinney, TX · August 9, 2022

Date
August 9, 2022 · 20:00 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
UAS
Reported as
Holy Stone HS720G
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Tyler acknowledged that he was operating a UAS and stated he uses it for work purposes to survey roofs for the company he works for. privacy data omitted Stated he was testing the

Drone that evening when it suddenly experienced a loss of control strking privacy data omitted second story window. privacy data omitted Tried to locate the drone once it went out of control but was unsuccessful. privacy data omitted Stated he had already filed a claim with the manufacturer for a replacement drone, and they had approved it after he sent them the video file from the drone flight and they determined the loss of control was due to an unknown technical error and not operator error. Damage to the window was estimated to cost $1200 to repair. privacy data omitted Paid privacy data omitted the cost of the repair.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TYLER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE WAS OPERATING A UAS AND STATED HE USES IT FOR WORK PURPOSES TO SURVEY ROOFS FOR THE COMPANY HE WORKS FOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS TESTING THE

DRONE THAT EVENING WHEN IT SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF CONTROL STRKING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECOND STORY WINDOW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO LOCATE THE DRONE ONCE IT WENT OUT OF CONTROL BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HAD ALREADY FILED A CLAIM WITH THE MANUFACTURER FOR A REPLACEMENT DRONE, AND THEY HAD APPROVED IT AFTER HE SENT THEM THE VIDEO FILE FROM THE DRONE FLIGHT AND THEY DETERMINED THE LOSS OF CONTROL WAS DUE TO AN UNKNOWN TECHNICAL ERROR AND NOT OPERATOR ERROR. DAMAGE TO THE WINDOW WAS ESTIMATED TO COST $1200 TO REPAIR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PAID ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE COST OF THE REPAIR.