Independent report

AAIB Record-only UAS investigations reviewed: April - May 2021

Published 8 July 2021

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Event Date UAS Type Location Record Only Occurrence Text
20 Mar 2021 DJI Mavic Mini Stockport, Greater Manchester 皇冠体育app UAS was being used to film a moving car. However, the UA collided with the side of the car and fell to the ground. It suffered substantial damage when it was then run over by the car.
30 Mar 2021 Parrot Anafi USA Cassington, Oxfordshire 皇冠体育app UA struck overhead telephone wires and fell to the ground.
30 Mar 2021 Parrot Anafi Cassington, Oxfordshire During a night takeoff, the UAS collided with an unseen telephone wire approximately 20 m above ground level.
31 Mar 2021 DJI Unknown Trellech, Monmouthshire While taking photographs of a building, the UAS clipped the branch of a tree and fell to the ground.
31 Mar 2021 DJI FPV Waskerley, County Durham 皇冠体育app pilot was flying the UA over a hillside. He lost control of the UA and it fell to the ground.
04 Apr 2021 DJI Phantom 4 Pro Holywell, Flintshire 皇冠体育app UA was flown to a height of 55 m for handling checks when power to the motors was lost. It descended rapidly colliding with the ground close to the take-off point.
04 Apr 2021 DJI Inspire 2 Covent Garden, London 皇冠体育app UAS was in a stable hover while the operator was looking at the screen. 皇冠体育app UAS flew into a nearby building before falling to the ground.
11 Apr 2021 Align T-Rex 500x Little Stoke, Bristol 皇冠体育app UA, a model helicopter, was being flown from a playing field. 皇冠体育app operator hit the rescue button on the transmitter, the button jammed and the UA did not respond. It disappeared into a housing estate and was not recovered.
14 Apr 2021 DJI Matrice 300 Guildford, Surrey During night training operations, a warning appeared on the control unit that the UAS was not receiving data from the gimbal payload. 皇冠体育app operator was bringing the UA in to land when, at a height of around 10 m, the payload dropped to the ground.
14 Apr 2021 Sky Falcon P93 Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire 皇冠体育app UA made an uncommanded climb while in a height-holding manoeuvre. 皇冠体育app remote pilot shut down the engine and attempted to recover the UA which resulted in a hard landing.
15 Apr 2021 DJI Unknown Sawtry, Cambridgeshire 皇冠体育app pilot, who was visual with the UA, misjudged its trajectory and it hit a tree despite the UA鈥檚 collision avoidance having been turned on.
17 Apr 2021 FPV Iflight Protek certified HD Newquay, Cornwall 皇冠体育app UAS was conducting commercial photography shoot some 15 m above the cliff top near Newquay when the control feed cut out and the pilot lost control. 皇冠体育app UA struck the cliff top, rolled down the cliff into the sea and was not recoverable.
21 Apr 2021 DJI Phantom 4 Swindon, Wiltshire Shortly after takeoff, control of the UA was lost. It flew into a fence and sustained damage to three propellers.
23 Apr 2021 DJI Mavic 2 King鈥檚 Lynn, Norfolk 皇冠体育app UAS was being used to for aerial photography. During manoeuvring the UA struck a tree and fell to the ground.
24 Apr 2021 Radio Controlled Glider Near Abingdon, Oxfordshire From a model flying club, the pilot was flying his model glider at 50 m above the ground towards him. It However, it flew past him, disappeared and was not recovered.
27 Apr 2021 DJI Mavic 2 Pro Gainsborough, Lincolnshire 皇冠体育app propellers of the UAS struck the branches of the tree causing it to fall onto a parked car.
02 May 2021 DJI Matrice 210 V1 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 皇冠体育app operator started the rotors and the UA took off to a height of about 5 m where the response checks were carried out. After the first check the UA turned, but did not respond to control inputs and struck a tree. 皇冠体育app UA sustained substantial structural damage.
06 May 2021 DJI M300 RTK New Malden, Surrey 皇冠体育app UAS was being operated in the hours of darkness in support of a police operation. Whilst manoeuvring to land it collided with some unseen telephone wires causing it to fall to the ground and collided with a parked car. All propeller blades, a propeller arm, leg and camera mount were broken in the accident.
19 May 2021 DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2 Brent Cross, London After surveying from a height of approximately 10 m, the pilot flew the drone to a height of 30 m when, without warning, it flipped over and fell to the ground. 皇冠体育app UA came to rest on a rubble plie approximately 50 m from any person. 皇冠体育app pilot reported that, on inspection, it appeared that the battery connector had melted.
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