A law enforcement uav pilot reported operating a drone after civil twilight in violation of far 107....

Narrative:

At approximately xa:42; I arrived on location. Upon arrival; I performed suas operation in support of law enforcement officers under fire from the active shooter to provide over watch of the scene until sunset. The following information was used to evaluate the decision to continue operations beyond evening civil twilight at xf:20 hours: a fellow suas pilot and myself were within night currency on all aircraft flown (30 days); the area was flooded with light from three industrial flood lights and lights from responding armored vehicles; the aircraft met the lighting standard necessary under 14 crash fire rescue equipment part 107; assisting law enforcement agency had an operational night waiver under their certificate of authorization (coa); I have extensive education and experience in operating manned aircraft at night; and finally; the night operation did not significantly increase our risk assessment (RA) factor over our daytime factor. In hindsight; I should have made an emergency (special government interest) request to operate at night through the FAA's regional operation center (roc).

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A law enforcement UAV pilot reported operating a drone after civil twilight in violation of FAR 107.29. He and a fellow UAV operator were both night qualified and operating in support of an active law enforcement action.

Narrative: At approximately XA:42; I arrived on location. Upon arrival; I performed sUAS operation in support of law enforcement officers under fire from the active shooter to provide over watch of the scene until sunset. The following information was used to evaluate the decision to continue operations beyond evening Civil Twilight at XF:20 hours: a fellow sUAS pilot and myself were within night currency on all aircraft flown (30 days); the area was flooded with light from three industrial flood lights and lights from responding armored vehicles; the aircraft met the lighting standard necessary under 14 CFR Part 107; assisting law enforcement agency had an operational night waiver under their Certificate of Authorization (COA); I have extensive education and experience in operating manned aircraft at night; and finally; the night operation did not significantly increase our Risk Assessment (RA) factor over our daytime factor. In hindsight; I should have made an emergency (Special Government Interest) request to operate at night through the FAA's Regional Operation Center (ROC).

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.

Attributes
ACN	1449311
Time
Date	201704
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
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 Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 10
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A law enforcement uav pilot reported operating a drone after civil twilight in violation of far 107.29. He and a fellow uav operator were both night qualified and operating in support of an active law enforcement action.