# NTSB CEN25LA206: Xag P100 PRO, N231CU, Pontiac, IL, June 5, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: June 5, 2025, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Pontiac, IL
- Coordinates: 40.880894, -88.642799 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8809&lon=-88.6428&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-hover: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, St Louis FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200318
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA206
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200318/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA206

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering-hover: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [Xag P100 PRO, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md?model=06102FP), [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N231CU](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231CU), registered now, S/N 1863FPEG8219314A8X26 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: XAG P100 PRO
- Registry model: [Xag P100 PRO](https://openairdocs.org/model/xag-p100-pro) (registry code 06102FP) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250605006869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250605006869A), Jun 5, 2025: Xag P100 PRO, Pontiac, IL, Substantial damage. On June 5th, 2025, the associated UAS was performing agricultural dispensing operations. During a period of hovering, one of the propeller blades broke in…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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