# Incident 20220809022079I: Holy Stone HS720G, Mckinney, TX, August 9, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2022, 20:00 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Location: 33.1976° N, 96.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1976&lon=-96.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: UAS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOLY STONE HS720G
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220809022079I

## Narrative

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

^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.

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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