26.1223° N, 80.1434° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 30, 2024 · 16:08 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
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.
An unmanned aircraft system, an unregistered dji mavic 3 pro, was destroyed when a remote pilot was operating the UAS and depleted the battery in high winds causing it to crash into a parked 82’ yacht causing substantial damage, no injuries reported.
As the FAA filed it
AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM, AN UNREGISTERED DJI MAVIC 3 PRO, WAS DESTROYED WHEN A REMOTE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE UAS AND DEPLETED THE BATTERY IN HIGH WINDS CAUSING IT TO CRASH INTO A PARKED 82’ YACHT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, NO INJURIES REPORTED.