20251023016499A

Airport GPS coordinates (degrees, minutes, seconds): latitude: 27°02'15.00"n, longitude: 80°26'27.60"w.

Actual aircraft resting site GPS coordinates: (degrees, minutes, seconds): latitude: 27° 1'54.05"n longitude: 80°26'10.71"w

Ground control station trailer GPS coordinates: (degrees, minutes, seconds): latitude: 27° 1'54.05"n longitude: 80°26'10.71"w

The operator remotely flew an unmanned aircraft system located at Indiantown airport, X58, in Indiantown, FL. The UAS was operated with no persons on board. The aircraft was operated remotely by the remote pilot in command (rpic), outside the ground control station (gcs), on field at Indiantown airport, with a handheld aircraft control module. The rpic maintained visual line of slight with the aircraft. Other company personnel observed aircraft data in the ground control station trailer, collocated at Indiantown airport, X58, in Indiantown, FL. The aircraft was operated in a left-hand traffic pattern configuration for runway 31. While attempting to land on runway 31, on final approach, the aircraft experienced uncommanded pitch and roll characteristics and impacted west of runway 31 in a grassy area in between adjacent hangars on field.

Who: remote pilot in command (rpic) held a

Temporary airman certificate for remote pilot, issued on 10/22/2025, the day before the accident.

Visual observer was a company employee.

Examination of the aircraft and crash site:

On October 23, 2025, FAA inspectors arrived at Indiantown airport (X58). The aircraft was located on the west side of the grass runway 31 at X58, on the south side of the northern most hangars in a grassy retention area on the field. The aircraft started to burn post impact with the ground, and the initial fire was already mitigated by martin county fire rescue. The center of the actual aircraft resting site GPS coordinates was located at (degrees, minutes, seconds) the following: latitude: 27° 1'54.05"n longitude: 80°26'10.71"w. most of the aircraft was consumed by post impact fire.

The remote pilot in command provided the following statement: "this is the sequence of events from my point of view following the faas request:

The flight was the 4th flight of the day, the ua was fully charged to 395 volts. The plan was to perform left circuits (runway 13) until battery bingo and land. The takeoff was standard and the aircraft behavior was normal."

The inspectors interviewed company personnel and surveilled the accident site. A statement from the visual observer and ground control station operator was gathered by the inspectors.

Operator cleared to move accident debris:

The operator moved accident debris on the evening of oct 23rd, 2025. Around midnight, in to the evening of oct 24th, 2025, some aircraft wreckage was placed in a pick up bed. That pick up truck was also hooked up to the ground control station tailer, towed by a hitch on the pick up. The truck was parked outside of the operators hanger at the X58 airport. The debris, and lithium ion batteries that were a part of the accident were now a part of a second fire. The fire consumed the entirety of the truck, and the debris in the back of it, and most of the ground control station trailer behind the truck. Martin county fire rescue put out the fire (for the second time).

Video footage was obtained from the aircraft post-crash and reviewed.

The video indicated a loss of control event with uncommanded pitch and roll on landing, leading the aircraft to its finally resting place on field. Upon impact, an immediate fire started, per the video footage.

No reported injuries appear to be associated with the event.

The inspectors reviewed operator supplied data for the aircraft and subsequent ground control station information. This was cross referenced with video footage regarding the aircraft accident.