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| Date: | Friday 16 December 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | DJI Phantom 3 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edinburgh Aerodrome, 61° M 48Km (Moculta), SA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During aerial survey operations, the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) became unresponsive to control inputs. The RPA collided with terrain and was subsequently destroyed. It is suspected the Electronic Survey Program failed to upload into the flight control system correctly.
Sources:
ATSB Ref 201605312
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