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| Date: | Monday 23 October 2023 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | DJI Matrice M30T |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unregistered |
| MSN: | N/K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Colwyn Bay, Conway, Clywd, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Colwyn Bay, Conway, Clywd, Wales |
DJI Matrice M30T UAV: Substantially damaged 23.10.2023 when collided with overhead HT cable during a night take off at Colwyn Bay, Conway, Clywd, Wales. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence Only Report dated 11.1.2024, and the following is the summary from the report:
"A few seconds after takeoff at night the UAV struck some overhead cables and fell to the ground. The remote pilot was under time pressure to take off and omitted the visual check for obstacles using a torch as per the operator’s procedures."
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence Only Report dated 11.1.2024: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2023/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-october-november-2023
2. https://enterprise.dji.com/matrice-30/specs
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colwyn_Bay
History of this aircraft
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| 26 September 2019 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Hillsborough Football Ground, Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire | |
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| 1 October 2019 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Shearwater C PUQ Platform, North Sea, 200 km East of Aberdeen | |
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| 2 December 2019 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Brittany Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex | |
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| 7 January 2020 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Training Ground (CFA) at Manchester City, Manchester | |
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| 28 May 2020 | Unregistered | Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water | 0 | Water pumping station, Prioress Mill Lane, Rhadyr, Usk, Gwent NP15 1QE | |
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| 7 August 2020 | Unregistered | Hess Corporation | 0 | South Arne Wellhead Platforms East, Danish sector, North Sea | |
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| 10 August 2020 | Unregistered | Shell UK Ltd | 0 | Gannet 'A' Oil & Gas Platform, North Sea, 110 miles East of Aberdeen | |
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| 27 August 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Broxbourne, Hertfordshire | |
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| 31 August 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Bath, Somerset BA1 | |
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| 11 September 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
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| 13 September 2020 | Unregistered | Arena Racing Company | 0 | Bath Racecourse, Lansdown Hill, Bath, Somerset BA1 9BU | |
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| 23 September 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Perth, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland | |
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| 13 December 2020 | Unregistered | Nottinghamshire Police | 0 | Mansfield, Nottinghamshire | |
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| 26 January 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Carrington, Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester | |
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| 17 March 2021 | Unregistered | Transport for London (TfL) | 0 | Silvertown Tunnel, North Greenwich, London SE10 | |
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| 1 April 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | West End, Surrey Heath, Surrey | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
| 14 April 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Guildford, Surrey | |
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| 2 May 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
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| 6 May 2021 | Unregistered | Metropolitan Police | 0 | New Malden, Surrey | |
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| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
| 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 | |
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| 29 September 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Hillingdon, near Uxbridge, Greater London | |
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| 18 October 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Crawley, West Sussex | |
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| 8 November 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Rhes-Y-Cae, Flintshire | |
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| 22 November 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Keyworth, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire | |
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| 17 November 2023 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Carlisle, Cumbria | |
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| 27 November 2023 | unregistered | Private | 0 | near Ripon, North Yorkshire | |
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| 9 August 2024 | Unregistered | Wynyard Estates | 0 | Wynyard, near Hartlepool, County Durham | |
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| 4 September 2024 | Unregistered | SSE PLC | 0 | near Rannoch Power Station, Loch Rannoch, Perth and Kinross | |
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| 11 October 2024 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Dunscroft, Hatfield, 6 miles South of Doncaster, South Yorkshire | |
w/o |
| 17 October 2024 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | River Thames, off Rotherhithe Pier, London SE16 | |
w/o |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2024 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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