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Observer reported a 'toy' uav operated by his daughter failed to respond to controls and flew toward dca airport at approximately 1500' AGL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1728337 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202002 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DCA.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Observer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Daughter was playing in park with toy [uav]. Previous hops had not reached more than 20 or so feet. The toy launched; immediately zoomed to 100 feet; then started a steady climb to at least 1500 feet when visuals were lost [as the uav was] drifting west toward reagan airport and pentagon.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Observer reported a 'toy' UAV operated by his daughter failed to respond to controls and flew toward DCA airport at approximately 1500' AGL.
Narrative: Daughter was playing in park with toy [UAV]. Previous hops had not reached more than 20 or so feet. The toy launched; immediately zoomed to 100 feet; then started a steady climb to at least 1500 feet when visuals were lost [as the UAV was] drifting west toward Reagan airport and Pentagon.
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.