Uav operator reported he operated his drone at home a few miles from a fire where other aircraft wer...

Attributes
ACN	1467623
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

I operated a drone at only a few feet AGL near my residence. I believe that around the same time but several miles from my residence was a small brush fire that fire slurry bombers and helicopters were dropping retardant and water from a local reservoir throughout the day.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UAV Operator reported he operated his drone at home a few miles from a fire where other aircraft were dropping retardant.

Narrative: I operated a drone at only a few feet AGL near my residence. I believe that around the same time but several miles from my residence was a small brush fire that fire slurry bombers and helicopters were dropping retardant and water from a local reservoir throughout the day.

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.

Uav operator reported he operated his drone at home a few miles from a fire where other aircraft were dropping retardant.