# Incident 20240917014839I: St. Cloud, MN, September 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2024, 22:15 local time
- Place: St. Cloud, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Location: 45.5608° N, 94.1625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-94.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240917014839I

## Narrative

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

STEARNS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DRONE WAS COMING OUT OF MONTHLY MAINTENANCE.  A DEPUTY WAS HOVERING THE DRONE TESTING SYSTEMS AND NOTICED THAT THE DRONE WAS NOT RESPONDING TO INPUTS FROM THE CONTROLLER AS INDICATED.  A SECOND DEPUTY APPROACHED AND TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE WHILE DRONE WAS STILL HOVERING.  THE SECOND DEPUTY PUSHED THE CONTROL STICK FORWARD AND THE DRONE FLEW STRAIGHT INTO A VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE DRONE, AND $2,500 IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.

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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