# Accident 20240505022229A: New Braunfels, TX, May 5, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2024, 18:10 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Location: 29.7030° N, 98.1245° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Braunfels, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7030&lon=-98.1245&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240505022229A

## Narrative

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

OFFICER ON THE RADIO ADVISE HE HAD A MALE RUNNING FROM HIS PEDESTRIAN STOP AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON HEARING THIS I LAUNCHED MY ISSUED AUTEL EVO

2 ENTERPRISE (FA3ATRTHET) FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE TRAINING TOWER LOCATED AT FIRE STATION 1 TO UTILIZE THE THERMAL CAPABILITIES DUE TO THE SUSPECT HIDING IN A

NEARBY AREA. UPON LAUNCHING, DUE TO THE AREA COLLISION SENSORS NOT ALLOWING ME TO MOVE MORE THAT 2 FEET OFF OF THE PLATFORM IN ANY DIRECTION, I TURNED OFF THE SENSORS TO MOVE AWAY FROM AND OUT OF THE TOWER. IN DOING SO I ORIENTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE EAST OF THE TOWER. AS I EXITED THE PLATFORM, I GAVE THE AIRCRAFT STICK INPUT TO GAIN ELEVATION. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ELEVATION BUT CONTINUED EAST AT A SLOW RATE OF

SPEED. APPROXIMATELY EIGHT (8) FEET FROM THE TOWER IS A SMALL TREE TO WHICH THE

AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND STOPPED THE PROPELLER FROM SPINNING. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT

FROM STAYING AIR BORN ALLOWING IT TO FALL THE ROUGHLY 25 FEET LANDING ON THE ROOF OF

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (FORD EXPLORER T^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) CAUSING DENTS TO

THE TOP OF THE UNIT. UPON WALKING DOWN TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS FOUND THAT

THE FRONT RIGHT PROPELLER ARM HAD BROKEN IN HALF APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH FROM WHERE

IT CONNECTS TO THE BODY OF THE AIRCRAFT. FROM THE CONNECTION POINT A SMALL CRACK IN

THE BODY OF THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH LONG WAS ALSO FOUND. THERE WAS

ALSO MINOR PROPELLER DAMAGE. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS LOCATED ON THE VEHICLE OR

AIRCRAFT. NO OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED. PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEHICLE

WERE TAKEN. UPON LATER TAKING THE DAMAGED VEHICLE FOR REPAIR, IT WAS ADVISED AN

ESTIMATE OF $1300 TO FIX THE DAMAGES. NO PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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