- Date
- June 5, 2025, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N231CUXag P100 PRO
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-hover: Part(s) separation from AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration, St Louis FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250605006869A
- Case key
- 200318
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On June 5, 2025, at 1155 central daylight time, a XAG P100 Pro, N231CU, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pontiac, Illinois. The unmanned aerial system (UAS) was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 137 aerial application flight. The UAS was in a hover about 10 ft above ground level spraying an agricultural field with fertilizer when a propeller blade separated from the UAS. The UAS then descended and impacted the field. The UAS sustained substantial damage to the propeller. The portion of the propeller that remained attached to the UAS was retained for further examination.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231CU
- Reported as
- Xag P100 PRO
- Category
- Helicopter, unmanned
- Serial number
- 1863FPEG8219314A8X26
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc
- Registered owner
- Nutrien Ag Solutions Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- None
- Destination
- Same as departure
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- PNT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.