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| Date: | Friday 3 March 2023 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | DJI Mavic 3 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unregistered |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Leeds, West Yorkshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
DJI Mavic 3: Damaged in a landing accident in Leeds, West Yorkshire on 3 March 2023. The incident was the subject of an AAIB correspondence only report, published on 13 July 2023, and the following is the summary from that report:
"Shortly after being launched the UAV became uncontrollable. The remote pilot was unable to regain control before it struck a building and fell to the ground. The operator concluded that, contrary to standard operating procedure, the remote pilot did not check that there was a valid GPS signal and that the UAV went into attitude (ATTI) mode in which it maintained a height of 12 m above the ground and was blown by the wind".
Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-april-may-2023/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-april-may-2023
2. https://www.dji.com/mavic-3
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2023 05:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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