20250420004139I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Lehighton, PA · April 20, 2025

Date
April 20, 2025 · 02:30 local
Place
Lehighton, PA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
0
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.

Shortly after takeoff, UAS collided with the driver side mirror of a vehicle.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, UAS COLLIDED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR OF A VEHICLE.