# NTSB CEN25LA316: Xag P100 PRO, N467GE, Depew, IA, August 12, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: August 12, 2025, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Depew, IA · Lat Long from first responders.
- Coordinates: 43.189472, -94.587306 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1895&lon=-94.5873&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: AC/prop/rotor contact w person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200778
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200778/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200778
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA316

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the unmanned aircraft system during takeoff.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Xag P100 PRO, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=06102FP), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md)
- [Physical workspace: positioning/available space](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041010): Environmental issues › Task environment · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Xag P100 PRO, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041010/cases.md?model=06102FP), [All aircraft, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03041010/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: AC/prop/rotor contact w person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081) (defining event); cases with it: [Xag P100 PRO, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081/sequence.md?model=06102FP), [All aircraft, 61 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After the pilot completed the preflight of the quadcopter style unmanned aircraft system (UAS), he backed away from the UAS and initiated takeoff. As the UAS began to take off, the pilot walked back towards the UAS to retrieve old batteries. As he bent over to pick up the batteries, he sensed the UAS was too close to him, and he raised his hands to shield his face. The UAS rotor blade contacted his hand resulting in a serious injury. The operator also reported that one of the rotor blades needed to be replaced.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N467GE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N467GE), registered now, S/N 1863FPEG8219323A0Y25 (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: 1863FPEG8219323A0Y25
- Engines: XAG A50 electric; XAG A50 electric; XAG A50 electric; XAG A50 electric
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Eternity Agri Services LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: None
- Departed: Depew, IA
- Equipment: None

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; injuries: serious; remote; last flight review June 26, 2025; seat: none; restraint: none; flight hours: 150 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 8 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: KAXA, 15 nm away
- METAR: METAR KAXA 122055Z AUTO 35008G15KT 10SM FEW037 FEW044 27/20 A2996 RMK A01=

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 18, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200778. 4.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19202595&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=cen25la316%20ntsb%20form%206120-Rel.pdf

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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