# Incident 20240403005139I: Mountville, PA, April 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2024, 21:30 local time
- Place: Mountville, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 40.0427° N, 76.4291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0427&lon=-76.4291&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 6 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240403005139I

## Narrative

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

A DJI MATRICE M30T DRONE, FAA#: FA34W9K9EF, SERIAL NUMBER 1581F5BKD229H00D4F20, OPERATED BY A POLICE DEPARTMENT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ USING 2.4GHZ DURING A TRAINING MISSION WAS LAUNCHED AFTER SWAPPING 2 BATTERIES. APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE RPIC RECEIVED AN ALERT TO RETURN THE DRONE IMMEDIATELY. UPON LANDING, THE RPIC DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE BATTERIES HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE DRONE IN FLIGHT. THE BATTERY WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT DAY (4/4/24), EMBEDDED INTO THE ROOF OF A BUSINESS. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE PLUS LABOR WAS $649.80. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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