# Incident 20250109001602I: Canadair CL-215-6B11 (CL-415), 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: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: C-GQBE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL-215-6B11 (CL-415)
- Reported engine: P&WA PW123AF
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,865 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250109001602I

## Narrative

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

01/09/2025- AIRCRAFT C-GQBE (243) DEPARTED VNY AT 10:05 FOR FIREFIGHTING THE PALISADES FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO VNY AT 12:34. DURING POST INSPECTION A HOLE WAS NOTED IN THE LH WING LEADING EDGE JUST OUTBOARD OF THE LANDING LIGHT. MAINTENANCE TECHS FOUND PIECES OF A DRONE STUCK IN THE WING. THE FLIGHT CREW STATED THEY DID NOT SEE, FEEL, OR NOTE ANY CHANGES IN FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE DRONE WAS BEING FLOWN OVER THE PALIADES FIRE IN THE AREA OF SANTA MONICA BEACH WHEN STRUCK BY THE FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT.

TFR-

TYPE- HAZARD

REASON- TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTING

THE IN-FLIGHT IMPACT OF THE DRONE CAUSED A 5" X 6" HOLE IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LH WING. THE LEADING-EDGE SKIN LOCAL TO THE AREA OF DAMAGE AND INTERNAL RIB WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- -UAS-, Dji ULTRA LIGHT - 249G: 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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