Incident Report 20210731-00007
Incident Type: Operational

Filer of Report: Joshua Bauer
Date Filed: 07/31/2021
Date of Incident: 07/31/2021
Location of Incident: Mables Lane, Sevierville TN
Persons Invoved in Incident: Joshua Bauer (operator)
Devices Contributing to Incident: DJI Mini 2 Drone, ID#DR008g
Factors Contributing to Incident: Lack of operator experience and understanding of the abilities of the drone being operated
Damages: No visible damage, potential unseen internal damage


Description of Incident: 

Operator flew drone toward a tree with an intention of causing the drone to fly to the leftward side of the tree. The operator left right stick input on full forward direction while drone was still headed straigt toward tree and turned the rotation of the drone to the left as the eteering mechanism he hoped would cause the drone to move the the left. This input did not overcome the momentum of the drone, and the drone flew into the left side of the tree and fell to the ground - a downward distance of approximately 12 feet, and landed in the grass. Contact was made with leaves/brush, and not with branches.


Determined Causes of Incident:

1. Operator had insufficient experience and understanding of the abilities of the drone being operated, and did not accurately anticipate the extent and duration of feedback required in order to alter the direction of the drone.


Imposed Regualtions Resulting from Incident:

None


Imposed Recommendations Resulting from Incident:

1. Operator is recommended to excercise caution when operating aircraft, especially in regards to excessive imput into the controls of the drone.

2. Operator is recommended to gain suffucient practice, knowledge, understanding, and coordination with/of the drone before intense operation.


Additional Information:

None