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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Xag P100 PRO · Francesville, IN · August 7, 2024

Date
August 7, 2024 · 15:25 local
Place
Francesville, IN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
3F9G
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N268TQ
Reported as
Xag P100 PRO
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total120 in this make and model100 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.

The remote pilot had just completed spraying a field and was having the UAS conduct an autoland squence on autopilot. The UAS slowed down and entered a hover. The UAS then abruptly flew approximately 20 feet in a straight line and collided with a person. The person was transported to the hospital and treated for a fractured shoulder bone. The injured person was released the same day. The UAS sustained a broken propeller with an estimated replacement cost of $100. The remote pilot did not hold a current FAA medical certificate.

As the FAA filed it

THE REMOTE PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED SPRAYING A FIELD AND WAS HAVING THE UAS CONDUCT AN AUTOLAND SQUENCE ON AUTOPILOT. THE UAS SLOWED DOWN AND ENTERED A HOVER. THE UAS THEN ABRUPTLY FLEW APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND COLLIDED WITH A PERSON. THE PERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED FOR A FRACTURED SHOULDER BONE. THE INJURED PERSON WAS RELEASED THE SAME DAY. THE UAS SUSTAINED A BROKEN PROPELLER WITH AN ESTIMATED REPLACEMENT COST OF $100. THE REMOTE PILOT DID NOT HOLD A CURRENT FAA MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.