# Incident 20221003010049I: Amazon MK27-2, Pendleton, OR, October 3, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2022, 13:00 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional Airpor
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 4AMZ
- 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: N463PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N463PA-2024-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Amazon.Com Services MK27-2 (registry code 06102CG, https://openairdocs.org/model/amazon-com-services-mk27-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMAZON MK27-2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,528 total, 112 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003010049I

## Narrative

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

AFTER A NOMINAL TAKEOFF AND EXPERIMENTAL (NON-COMMERCIAL) PRACTICE/TESTING PACKAGE DELIVERY OPERATION, AIRCRAFT SN719 WAS ON ITS RETURN LEG HOME AND HAD TRANSITIONED INTO THE VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) ABOVE THE LANDING MARKER. AS IT DESCENDED, THE OIC RECEIVED A SERIES OF SYSTEM HEALTH ALERTS ON THE GROUND CONTROL STATION, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, AND FELL OVER THE LANDING MARKER. THE DRONE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE FALL. NO INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE WERE REPORTED. THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE OIC ANNOUNCED THE OFF NOMINAL TO THE CREW, SECURED THE SCENE, AND PROCEEDED WITH THE ACCIDENT RESPONSE PROCESS.

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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