Date:	Friday 11 September 2020
Time:	day
Type:	DJI Matrice 210
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	Unregistered
MSN:	N/K
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ipswich, Suffolk -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Ipswich, Suffolk
Destination airport:	Ipswich, Suffolk
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
11 September 2020: DJI Matrice 210 written off (destroyed) when fell from altitude after colliding with a tree at Ipswich, Suffolk. 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 collided with tree branches on takeoff, damaging the propellers and causing the UAS to fall and strike a car roof. No contributing factors were reported".

Damage Sustained to UAS
Per the AAIB Report: "damaged propellers" plus impact damage from striking a car roof at altitude. The damage sustained was sever enough to warrant that the UAS was "damaged beyond economic repair"

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/products/compare-m200-series
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich

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28 May 2020	Unregistered	Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water	0	Water pumping station, Prioress Mill Lane, Rhadyr, Usk, Gwent NP15 1QE		sub
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10 August 2020	Unregistered	Shell UK Ltd	0	Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen		sub
27 August 2020	Unregistered	Private	0	Broxbourne, Hertfordshire		sub
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23 September 2020	Unregistered	Private	0	Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland		w/o
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14 April 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Guildford, Surrey		sub
2 May 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk		sub
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10 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Ilminster, Somerset		sub
16 September 2021	Unregistered	Surrey Police	0	Oxshott Railway Station, Warren Lane, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 0TA		sub
29 September 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, Greater London		w/o
18 October 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Crawley, West Sussex		sub
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22 November 2021	Unregistered	Private	0	Keyworth, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire		sub
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17 November 2023	unregistered	Private	0	Carlisle, Cumbria		sub
27 November 2023	unregistered	Private	0	near Ripon, North Yorkshire		sub
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4 September 2024	Unregistered	SSE PLC	0	near Rannoch Power Station, Loch Rannoch, Perth and Kinross		sub
11 October 2024	Unregistered	Private	0	Dunscroft, Hatfield, 6 miles South of Doncaster, South Yorkshire		w/o
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Oct-2024 19:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]