ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 313124
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 March 2022 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unregistered |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales |
| Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced UAS: Substantially damaged 1 March 2022 when collided with a wire while in flight during a inspection.survey sortie at Llandarcy, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The UAS was carrying out close inspection work when it clipped a dangling wire and became uncontrollable. The pilot regained control but was unable to prevent the UAS from striking a metal fence.
Llandarcy is a village near Neath in the Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, and was the site of the first oil refinery in the United Kingdom. It was originally designed as a garden village to house the workers for the BP refinery built between 1918 and 1922. The village is near junction 43 of the M4 motorway.
Sources:
1. AAIB Record-only UAS investigations February-March 2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-february-march-2022
2. https://enterprise.dji.com/mavic-2-enterprise-advanced
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llandarcy
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2023 05:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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