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Uav pilot reported discovering after the fact that his aircraft overflew people at low altitude during a cinematography flight under part 107.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1389549 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 10 |
Narrative:
While conducting a cinematography flight under part 107; I inadvertently flew over people. I was focused on conducting the flight line of sight; avoiding obstacles at the altitude of the drone as best I could see from a cleared designated landing area. Upon reviewing the recorded video of the tv broadcast after returning home; I realized that a number of people who were not part of the operation were directly underneath the flight path of the drone. In the future I will utilize visual observers along the boundaries of the designated flying area who can let me know if I get close to the edge of this boundary.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UAV pilot reported discovering after the fact that his aircraft overflew people at low altitude during a cinematography flight under part 107.
Narrative: While conducting a cinematography flight under part 107; I inadvertently flew over people. I was focused on conducting the flight line of sight; avoiding obstacles at the altitude of the drone as best I could see from a cleared designated landing area. Upon reviewing the recorded video of the TV broadcast after returning home; I realized that a number of people who were not part of the operation were directly underneath the flight path of the drone. In the future I will utilize visual observers along the boundaries of the designated flying area who can let me know if I get close to the edge of this boundary.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.