Yesterday I had a very frightening event. During my flight at 145 m height and a distance of 240 m my Mavic 2 Pro suddenly gave a warning of an upward obstacle. The sky was clear and almost no wind. Then the warnings cascaded with several side and backwards shocks. Seven seconds later the message 'propeller fell off' appeared and in 3 seconds later the drone plunged from 55 m height to the ground, sending several warnings again. I then lost connection since I was on a hotspot connection and had forgotten my smartphone at home (fortunately close-by).
The final height indicated was minus 5.1 meter(?!) and I rushed indoors to get my phone. Luckily, with the help of the blue dot indicating your position I was able to find the drone again. I found it in a field with high grasses due to the blinking red LEDs on the arms.
The left propeller was completely gone and the right arm was folded inwards with the tips of the propeller broken, so I replaced both the front propellers with the spare ones in the box and immediately ordered some extra pairs. I then did a test flight and everything seems to be ok again. But, and this is an incredible coincidence, during the test flight (about 30 minutes after the crash flight) the farmer suddenly appeared on his field with his tractor and a gigantic mower behind it. He started to harvest the high grasses directly in the line where I found the drone. So if I would have found the drone within 30 minutes, it would not only have been completely wrecked, but probably pulverised by the gigantic mower.
I assume it must have been a birdstrike, I don't see any other explanation.
This was my first crash and hopefully my last one, my heart skipped several beats and I realize that I was very lucky to find it again without irreparable damage. I am thinking of getting some decals on the drone, but I wonder if that would have helped to scare the bird(s), if there were any.
All details of the flight can be seen on
The final height indicated was minus 5.1 meter(?!) and I rushed indoors to get my phone. Luckily, with the help of the blue dot indicating your position I was able to find the drone again. I found it in a field with high grasses due to the blinking red LEDs on the arms.
The left propeller was completely gone and the right arm was folded inwards with the tips of the propeller broken, so I replaced both the front propellers with the spare ones in the box and immediately ordered some extra pairs. I then did a test flight and everything seems to be ok again. But, and this is an incredible coincidence, during the test flight (about 30 minutes after the crash flight) the farmer suddenly appeared on his field with his tractor and a gigantic mower behind it. He started to harvest the high grasses directly in the line where I found the drone. So if I would have found the drone within 30 minutes, it would not only have been completely wrecked, but probably pulverised by the gigantic mower.
I assume it must have been a birdstrike, I don't see any other explanation.
This was my first crash and hopefully my last one, my heart skipped several beats and I realize that I was very lucky to find it again without irreparable damage. I am thinking of getting some decals on the drone, but I wonder if that would have helped to scare the bird(s), if there were any.
All details of the flight can be seen on