Airworthy Archives - Public Safety Flight

What is Your Experience With Time Between Failure of Matrice Drones? – Ask Steve

November 18, 2021February 25, 2021 by Steve Rhode

Question: We are in Europe and flying a DJI Matrice 600 for delivery of items. I love your ambition and the work you are doing with reportdroneaccident.com! Since I consider you a very well-informed person with great subject matter expertise, I’d like to ask the following: As you know, DJI are more than reluctant to … Read more

Your Public Safety Drone May Not Be Safe for Flight and Attorneys Might Just Eat You for Lunch

March 10, 2021June 11, 2020 by Steve Rhode

Matrice 210 Homegrown Foxfury Lighting Solution

I’ve launched a website for all pilots to report issues they may have experienced in drone flight. Please submit any reports at ReportDroneAccident.com. This is a very hard post to write. I already know many people are going to skewer me and call me an idiot for sharing what I have found, but that doesn’t … Read more

Who’s Watching the Skies?
By John Meehan, FAA Safety Outreach Branch As drone operators, are we screen-watching camera operators, or are we pilots? The FAA says we’re pilots, ... Read more
Fresh Eyes Look at COA Requirements for the New Public Safety Department
I asked Captain Moffatte from the Wake Forest Fire Department to read and review the information on starting a COA flight program using his ... Read more
DJI Phantom 4 Pro – Incident – 2021-11-25
Drone Manufacturer: DJI Drone Model: Phantom 4 Pro Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Type: Incident Date: 2021-11-25 Applies: Daytime Pilot Qualifications: Licensed or Certificated by Aviation Authority Pilot Flight Experience: 40 Hours Link to External Information About This submission: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62cd76e8e90e077486c19b88/DJI_Phantom_4_Pro_UAS_reg_n-a_08-22.pdf File Uploaded: None Description Synopsis TheContinue Reading
Child Injured – DJI Air 2S – Accident – 2022-04-16
Drone Manufacturer: DJI Drone Model: Air 2S Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Type: Accident Date: 2022-04-16 Applies: Daytime Pilot Qualifications: Licensed or Certificated by Aviation Authority Pilot Flight Experience: 15 Hours Link to External Information About This submission: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62cd76ad8fa8f54e81e2ceee/DJI_Air_2S_UAS_reg_n-a_08-22.pdf File Uploaded: None Description While a DJIContinue Reading
As Predicted, Effort to Block Drone Remote ID Fails in Court
This was the most important sentence of the entire document. “By the same token that identifying the airborne location of an aircraft and collocated ... Read more