# Accident 20250802012189A: Xag P100 PRO, Cylinder, IA, August 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2025, 12:46 local time
- Place: Cylinder, IA
- Airport: Emmetsburg Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 1K1G
- Location: 43.1037° N, 94.7073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EMMETSBURG MUNI (EGQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1037&lon=-94.7073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N467GE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N467GE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Xag P100 PRO (registry code 06102FP, https://openairdocs.org/model/xag-p100-pro) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: XAG P100 PRO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250802012189A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, JULY 2ND, 2025, AT ABOUT 1600 LOCAL TIME, PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS WORKING AS AN AERIAL APPLICATOR OUTSIDE EMMITSBURG, IOWA. AFTER ARRIVING AT THE FIELD, HE WAS PREPARING TO  SPRAY, HE SET UP HIS EQUIPMENT AND PERFORMED HIS PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE DRONE. HE STEPPED A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE DRONE, PREPARING TO LAUNCH AND BEGIN OPERATIONS. AFTER MAKING THE INITIAL JUDGEMENT THAT THE DRONE WAS AT A SAFE DISTANCE, HE STEPPED FORWARD TO GATHER THE OLD BATTERIES. AS HE STEPPED INTO THE AREA WHERE THE BATTERIES WERE, HE NOTICED THAT IS SOUNDED LIKE  THE DRONE WAS A LOT CLOSER THAN HE EXPECTED. IN RESPONSE, HE PUT HIS HANDS OVER HIS HEAD TO PROTECT HIMSELF AND THE PROPELLERS MADE CONTACT WITH HIS HANDS. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH HIS HANDS THE DRONE SELF-LANDED NEARBY. AFTER ENSURING DRONE WAS BACK ON THE GROUND AND TURNED OFF, HE ADMINISTERED FIRST AID AND CALLED FOR PROPER MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE RESULTING INJURY WAS CARED FOR IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OF THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. INJURIES INCLUDED TWO BROKEN FINGERS AND LACERATIONS THAT REQUIRED SUTURES. PIC STATED THAT THE DRONE SHOULD NOT HAVE RETURN TO LAND ON ITS OWN AFTER THE MISSION HAD STARTED AND THAT THE USE OF A PIC, NOT REQUIRED BY CURRENT EXEMPTION, MAY HAVE AVOIDED THE ACCIDENT.

## 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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