Date:	Sunday 6 September 2020
Time:	day
Type:	DJI Mavic Pro 1
Owner/operator:	Caversham Lakes Trust Ltd
Registration:	Unregistered
MSN:	N/K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA
Destination airport:	Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
6 September 2020: DJI Mavic Pro 1 written off (damaged beyond economic repair) when crashed into a lake at Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA. 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:

"The UAS lost connection with the controller, and is believed to have landed in a lake".

Damage Sustained to UAS
Per the AAIB report: not stated. However, the UAS crashed into a lake, and is believed to have been written off (damaged beyond repair) due to impact damage from altitude and prolonged immersion in water

Caversham Lakes is a set of lakes created through gravel extraction between the suburb of Caversham in Reading, Berkshire and the hamlet of Sonning Eye in Oxfordshire, just north of the River Thames and also refers to the sports buildings and facilities alongside those lakes. The lakes are formed from former gravel pits in the floodplain of the River Thames. The company Lafarge and formerly Redland plc have undertaken the gravel extraction though the Sonning Works. Caversham Lakes Trust Ltd has been set up to administer the lakes.

On 26 March 2024, the Caversham Lakes Trust Ltd announced that the lake would be closed (see link #3):
"Caversham Lakes Watersports to officially close with immediate effect
Caversham Lakes Watersports will cease operations immediately (as of 26th March 2024), following the decision by South Oxfordshire & Reading Council after three remarkable years. It is with deep sadness that we announce the closure, forced upon us by the council’s recent decision to terminate our operations due to an unnecessary planning process.

To all those who have cherished our lake, we bid you farewell for now. We are grateful for your support and hope to see you again in the future. Until then, we wish you all the best in finding alternative summer destinations."

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/mavic/info
3. https://www.cavershamlakes.co.uk/
4. https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gallery/pictures-caversham-lakes-reading-amazing-18756725
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caversham_Lakes

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22 March 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Wren's Nest Disused Quarry, NW of Dudley, West Midlands		sub
23 April 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	King’s Lynn, Norfolk		sub
27 April 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire		sub
7 June 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Congleton, Cheshire		sub
20 June 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	West Overton, 3.5 miles West of Marlborough, Wiltshire		sub
1 July 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Woolwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London SE18		sub
15 July 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands		sub
23 July 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Thurso, Caithness, Highland, Scotland		sub
26 July 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire		sub
8 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Wandsworth, London SW18		sub
9 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	English Channel		w/o
14 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Firth of Clyde, off West Coast of Scotland		w/o
15 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Newport, Gwent		sub
16 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Ealing, London W5		mis
17 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Kingscote, near Uley, Cotswold, Gloucestershire		sub
18 September 2021	Unregistered	Fremantle Thames Productions for Channel 4 TV	0	Fritton Lake, Beccles Road, Fritton, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk		w/o
19 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Sea, off Tingon, Northmavine, North Shetland		w/o
21 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales		sub
23 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Wimborne Minster, Dorset		sub
3 October 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Weldon, 2 miles East of Corby, Northamptonshire		mis
20 October 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Luton, Bedfordshire		w/o
9 November 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Upper Vobster, Mells, near Frome, Somerset		w/o
22 November 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Bradworthy, Torridge, Devon		sub
14 December 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	River Thames at Tagg's Island, Hampton, near East Molesey, Middlesex		w/o
16 December 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Bradford, West Yorkshire		w/o
9 January 2022	Unregistered	Private	0	St John’s Wood, City of Westminster, London NW8		sub
17 January 2022	Unregistered	Private	0	St Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, 2 miles West of Cardiff		sub
10 September 2023	unregistered	Private	0	near Cowes Harbour, Cowes, Isle of Wight		sub
15 October 2023	unregistered	Private	0	Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales		sub
16 June 2024	Unregistered	Private	0	Newton-on-the-Moor, Northumberland		w/o
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Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA, 7 September 2007 looking towards Reading

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Oct-2024 19:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]