Date:	Saturday 7 November 2020
Time:	day
Type:	DJI Inspire 2
Owner/operator:	Anglesey Drone Media Services
Registration:	Unregistered
MSN:	N/K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Gwynedd -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Gwynedd
Destination airport:	Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Gwynedd
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
7 November 2020: DJI Inspire 2 UAS sustained substantial damage when fell to the ground after becoming entangled in overhead telephone cables in Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Gwynedd, during an air-to-ground photographic sortie. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record-only Investigation, published on 14 January 2021, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"The UAS became entangled in a suspended telephone cable which the UAS pilot had not seen. To allow recovery of the UAS the pilot switched off the UAS’s motors allowing it to fall to the ground. The UAS was severely damaged when it struck the ground".

Damage Sustained to UAS
Per the AAIB report: "severely damaged when it struck the ground" - probably due to impact damage after falling from the ground from an altitude of approximately 20 feet

Anglesey (Welsh: Ynys Môn) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island (Ynys Gybi) and some islets and skerries. The county borders Gwynedd across the Menai Strait to the southeast, and is otherwise surrounded by the Irish Sea. Holyhead is the largest town, and the administrative centre is Llangefni. The county is part of the preserved county of Gwynedd.

1. AAIB Record-only UAS investigations reviewed: October - November 2020 (Published 14 January 2021) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2020/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2020
2. https://www.angleseydrones.co.uk/equipment/drone-fleet
3. https://www.dji.com/uk/products/compare-m200-series
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglesey

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Oct-2024 16:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]