20250628007629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · DJI AGRAS T50 · Greeley, CO · June 28, 2025

Date
June 28, 2025 · 10:30 local
Place
Greeley, CO
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
3YHG
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N620AV
Reported as
DJI Agras T50
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12 total12 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

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.

PIC of UAS was spraying a field with rapidly rising terrain. The PIC had a map view on the ground controller, not the camera view. The PIC was flying the UAS in manual mode not automatic mode. The PIC did not see the fence and the UAS hit the fence. No damage to the wood fence. The only damage to the UAS was the props.

As the FAA filed it

PIC OF UAS WAS SPRAYING A FIELD WITH RAPIDLY RISING TERRAIN. THE PIC HAD A MAP VIEW ON THE GROUND CONTROLLER, NOT THE CAMERA VIEW. THE PIC WAS FLYING THE UAS IN MANUAL MODE NOT AUTOMATIC MODE. THE PIC DID NOT SEE THE FENCE AND THE UAS HIT THE FENCE. NO DAMAGE TO THE WOOD FENCE. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE UAS WAS THE PROPS.