# Incident 20240911017259I: Sonora, TX, September 11, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2024, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sonora, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Location: 30.5707° N, 100.6418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sonora, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5707&lon=-100.6418&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240911017259I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2024, AROUND 12:30PM, THE DRONE PILOT WAS PERFORMING HIS JOB DUTIES AS A CLAIM'S INSPECTOR ON A HOUSE IN SONORA TX. WHILE FLYING HIS DRONE AROUND THE HOME TO TAKE PICTURES, THE DRONE STUCK A TREE LIMB WHICH BROKE THE DRONE PROPELLERS AND CAUSED THE LIMB/DEBRIS TO FALL ON THE HOOD OF A TRUCK THAT WAS PARKED UNDER THE TREE. THE DRONE CRASHED IN THE NEARBY DRIVEWAY AND DID NOT IMPACT THE TRUCK.  THE DRONE PILOT STATED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO A SENSOR MALFUNCTION ON THE DRONE. THE DRONE PILOT THEN CLEANED UP THE MESS AND NOTIFIED HIS COMPANY AND THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.

DRONE REGISTRATION NUMBER IS: FA34H3ACWR

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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