20230626013259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Lucid Sherpa · Lincoln, NE · June 26, 2023

Date
June 26, 2023 · 08:52 local
Place
Lincoln, NE
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
FA3RHH
Reported as
Lucid Sherpa
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total25 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

Drone registration number FA3RHHPMWE,

Serial number C1-23-0007-33

The drone involved in this accident was rented by the operator from privacy data omitted in Lincoln NE. The drone was being used for exterior window cleaning on a nine-story highrise building located at privacy data omittedLincoln NE. The operator had completed two flights to rinse and then apply a cleaning solution. On the third flight, the operator took off and the drone was 24" above the ground. It then tilted back and to the left and became uncontrolable. The drone was unresponsive to the flight corrections made by the operator and the kill switch was engaged. A parked vehicle was struck by the drone in the front passenger door approximantly 10-15FT away.

As the FAA filed it

DRONE REGISTRATION NUMBER FA3RHHPMWE,

SERIAL NUMBER C1-23-0007-33

THE DRONE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS RENTED BY THE OPERATOR FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN LINCOLN NE. THE DRONE WAS BEING USED FOR EXTERIOR WINDOW CLEANING ON A NINE-STORY HIGHRISE BUILDING LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LINCOLN NE. THE OPERATOR HAD COMPLETED TWO FLIGHTS TO RINSE AND THEN APPLY A CLEANING SOLUTION. ON THE THIRD FLIGHT, THE OPERATOR TOOK OFF AND THE DRONE WAS 24" ABOVE THE GROUND. IT THEN TILTED BACK AND TO THE LEFT AND BECAME UNCONTROLABLE.THE DRONE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THE FLIGHT CORRECTIONS MADE BY THE OPERATOR AND THE KILL SWITCH WAS ENGAGED. A PARKED VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY THE DRONE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR APPROXIMANTLY 10-15FT AWAY.