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| Date: | Sunday 15 October 2023 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | DJI Mavic 3 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unregistered |
| MSN: | N/K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales |
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise Advanced: Substantially damaged 15 October 2023 when suddenly and unexpectantly fell to the ground from an altitude of 17 feet (5.18 metres) at Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Wales. The incident was the subject of an AAIB correspondence only report, published 14 March 2024, and the following is the summary from that report:
"The UA was at approximately 17 ft agl" [above ground level] "circling a building with the video recording, when a red message appeared on the control screen saying ‘preparing for takeoff’. The screen turned white, then black, and the UA fell to the ground. The UA had been flying with a fully charged battery for approximately 50 seconds with no prior warning of a malfunction or loss of link. The cause of the failure is not known".
Sources:
1. AAIB correspondence only report, published 14 March 2024: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-december-2023-january-2024/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-december-2023-january-2024
2. https://enterprise.dji.com/mavic-3
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyhead
History of this aircraft
. Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 December 2019 | unregistered | Private | 0 | Birmingham, West Midlands | |
sub |
| 8 February 2020 | unregistered | South Yorkshire Police | 0 | Barnsley FC Football Ground, Oakwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire | |
unk |
| 3 July 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Halesowen, Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands | |
sub |
| 21 August 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Hulme, Manchester | |
sub |
| 6 September 2020 | Unregistered | Caversham Lakes Trust Ltd | 0 | Caversham Lakes, Henley Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 9RA | |
w/o |
| 18 September 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire | |
mis |
| 17 December 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Bath, Somerset BA1 | |
sub |
| 22 December 2020 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Tursdale, County Durham | |
sub |
| 12 January 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Dewsbury, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
| 21 January 2021 | Unregistered | Devon and Cornwall Police | 0 | Carbis Bay, 1 mile SE of St Ives, Cornwall | |
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| 1 February 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Bridge over River Weaver, Northwich, Cheshire | |
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| 20 March 2021 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Stockport, Greater Manchester | |
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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 | |
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| 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 |
| 16 June 2024 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Newton-on-the-Moor, Northumberland | |
w/o |
| 15 July 2024 | Unregistered | Private | 0 | Tilbury Docks, Tilbury, Thurrock, Essex | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2024 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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