# Accident 20241221018901A: Orlando, FL, December 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2024, 18:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241221018901A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:30 (EST), AT LAKE EOLA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, LOCATED IN CONTROLLED CLASS D AIRSPACE; DURING A DRONE LIGHT SHOW CONSISTING OF 498 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS, THE REMOTE PILOT IN COMMAND LOST CONTROL OF 43 DRONES DURING THE TAKE OFF PHASE OF FLIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL DRONES FALLING INTO THE LAKE AND THE INJURY OF 3 SPECTATORS. ONE OF THE THREE SPECTATOR’S SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE WAIVER NUMBER 107W-2024-02478 IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DRONE LIGHT SHOW.

## 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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