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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1577960 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 410 Flight Crew Type 380 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Temporary loss of line-of-sight with drone. Shooting a video of skydiver. Although drone pilot and skydiver determined safest position for drone to hover; in GPS lock; was just above the tree that I (the pilot) was positioned underneath; I did not have line of sight of the drone while the skydiver landed in the open area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UAV pilot reported temporarily losing line-of-sight with drone.
Narrative: Temporary loss of line-of-sight with drone. Shooting a video of skydiver. Although drone pilot and skydiver determined safest position for drone to hover; in GPS lock; was just above the tree that I (the pilot) was positioned underneath; I did not have line of sight of the drone while the skydiver landed in the open area.
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.