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Drone Operator Located in Blackhawk Drone Strike
“At approximately 7:20 p.m. Sept. 21, the drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, and the helicopter collided. The Army helicopter sustained damage to its main rotor blade, window frame and transmission deck. A motor and arm from a small drone, identified as a DJI Phantom 4, were recovered from the helicopter,” the NTSB reports. “…In the following days investigators were able to identify and subsequently interview the drone operator. The drone operator also provided flight data logs for the incident… (dronelife.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I see two outcomes. The drone operator will be made an example of and busted big time or it will be quietly swept under the mat with the copter being too low.
Not sure how an investigation could find that the helicopter was too low. It did not hit anything on the surface, which is the only way it could be too low.
Congress authorized the FAA to restart drone registration requirement. Effective immediately.
Happened again this time commercial http://www.flyingmag.com/drone-hits-commercial-aircraft-in-canada?src=SOC&dom=fb
Congress has authorized the FAA to restart the drone registration requirement. Effective immediately.
Now if Congress also gives them the FUNDING for the program maybe it'll happen.
Inaccurate and worthless comment. Not only is the requirement immediately effective and registrations are being taken now, the cost is funded by the $5 registration fee.
But the $5.00 fee really doesn't cover the full cost of the program. Either Congress will have to fund it or the fee will have to be raised. FAA also doesn't really have the resources and staffing to manage this properly right now, so more of both will be needed. And, of course, fees here will go into FAA's general fund, for use by them with any of their other programs they choose. Considering that they, like many other parts of the government, have been underfunded for years, all those $5 registrations are going to help the agency overall, but do little to enable them to function better.
That is not what you said in your last post. It was estimated that the FAA collected $4 million the last registration go ‘round, a pretty nice sum for just collecting information and providing basic canned education. If you made the assumption that the fee would also fund compliance and enforcement, then you are now correct in admitting that it won’t, however the expectation was unreasonable to begin with and never suggested as a goal of the program. The program goal is to establish and maintain a record of drone pilots, get ID numbers on the drones, and provide education during the process to help drone pilots learn their responsibilities and limitations.
I believe you have me mixed up with another member.
It appears that the drone pilot did NOT turn himself in and was found by NTSB investigators, perhaps with assistance from the Drone manufacturer. NTSB investigators are only charged with gathering data and the likely disciplinary or criminal actions against the pilot will involve other agencies.
"The NTSB announced Oct. 5 that the motor arm recovered from the helicopter after the incident was identified as belonging to a DJI Phantom 4, and investigators were able in the days following the incident to identify and interview the Phantom’s pilot, who has turned over flight data from the drone."