Date:	Monday 10 August 2020
Time:	day
Type:	DJI Matrice 210 RKT
Owner/operator:	Shell UK Ltd
Registration:	Unregistered
MSN:	N/K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Survey
Departure airport:	Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen
Destination airport:	Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
10 August 2020: DJI M210 RKT substantially damaged when collided with a steel structure at the Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record-only Investigation, published on 12 November 2020, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"During a visual inspection of the gas flare structure, the UA became unresponsive and flew into the steel structure. The UAS was recovered but no faults could be found".

Damage Sustained to UAS
Per the AAIB report: Not stated. The UAS was recovered for damage examination, and damage presumed to be substantial, as it collided with a steel structure at speed.

Gannet is an oil and gas field located in the United Kingdom's continental shelf in the North Sea. It is 180 km (110 miles) east of Aberdeen, and the water depth at the Gannet offshore installation is 95 m (312 ft). The field is located in Blocks 22/21, 22/25, 22/26 and 21/30. It is half-owned by Royal Dutch Shell (50%) and partly by ExxonMobil (50%) and has been operated by Shell UK Ltd since ‘first oil’ in November 1993. The Gannet 'A' installation is the host platform for subsea tiebacks designated Gannet B to G. Like most Shell fields in the central and northern North Sea the field is named after a sea bird the gannet.

1. AAIB Record Only Investigation 12 November 2020: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-august-september-2020/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-august-september-2020
2. https://www.dji.com/uk/support/product/matrice-200-series-v2
3. https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/gannet/#:~:text=Gannet%20D%20is%20an%20oil%20field%2016km%20north-east%20of%20Gannet
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannet_oil_and_gas_field

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Oct-2024 06:27	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]