# Accident 20251030020029A: Pterodynamics Inc X-P4, Colorado Spring, CO, October 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2025, 12:15 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N566PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N566PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pterodynamics X-P4 (registry code 06102CH, https://openairdocs.org/model/pterodynamics-x-p4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PTERODYNAMICS INC X-P4
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251030020029A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/30/2025 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM, (MDT), UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS) X-P4-06 CRASHED EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO., (KCOS). PILOT LOST CONTROL OF UAS FOLLOWING A “ESC” FAIL NOTIFICATION.  UAS ROLLED LEFT, BANKED AT A HIGH ANGLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED TO THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED AND BURNED IN POST-CRASH FIRE.  NO INJURIES, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED DURING THE TIME.

## 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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