# Incident 20250109001592I: Dji ULTRA LIGHT - 249G, Santa Monica, CA, January 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2025, 11:45 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: -UAS- (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DJI ULTRA LIGHT - 249G
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250109001592I

## Narrative

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

01/09/2025- THE DRONE (AIRCRAFT “B”) WAS BEING OPERATED IN A PUBLISHED TFR OVER THE PACIFIC PALISADES FIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE DRONE WAS LAUNCHED FROM THE SANTA MONICA PROMINADE PARKING STRUCTURE FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE AND OBSERVATION OF THE FIRE. DURING THE FLIGHT, VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE DRONE WAS LOST AND WAS STRUCK BY THE FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT, C-GQBE, (ACFT. "A").

THE IN-FLIGHT IMPACT OF THE DRONE CAUSED A 5" X 6" HOLE IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LH WING OF C-GQBE.

TFR-

TYPE- HAZARD

REASON- TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTING

## Other aircraft in the event

- C-GQBE, Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415): no report for this aircraft in the release

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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