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Hello fellow Mavic Pilots!
I initially reached out to @sar104, who has graciously agreed to inspect my unfortunate incident and suggested that perhaps I should tell the story to the group so that we can get as many eyes on it as possible.
Earlier this week, I flew my drone in a particularly remote part of Maui called Hana - more specifically the so-called Road To Hana which is an often-times single lane curvy road that runs alongside the Pacific on the way to the town of Hana. An absolutely gorgeous experience that I highly recommend should you ever be in Maui. I flew my Mavic 2 Pro drone successfully twice before the incident and am stumped as to what happened. As I was orbiting over the bay approximately 200 ft in altitude and 600 ft in distance an unexpected crash occurred during an otherwise normal flight. I could still see video, but it had clearly tangled with a tree and was unable to take off. I rushed to retrieve the aircraft, but unfortunately it had crashed in a dense part of the rain forest that was 50 feet or so above the road straight up with no access into the dense jungle - I tried climbing the slippery side, but thought better of it pretty quickly. I really don't understand what happened - it was a bit windy that day, but I had no problems handling the aircraft up to that point - it simply drifted laterally and suddenly lost altitude in the blink of an eye.
I have attached the files that @sar104 requested. The .dat file that I have attached is the only one that is available in the MCDatFlightRecords folder, although I'm not 100% certain that it has data pertaining to the date of the crash (5/6/2019) - I'll admit that the file format is foreign to me, so I'm not sure if that file is an aggregate of several flights into one. In addition, I have attached the txt flight files for all three flights from that day including the crash.
Thank you to everyone for taking a look - I have reached out to DJI and they have determined that the crash was due to pilot error and since I am unable to retrieve the drone, my DJI Refresh plan is unable to provide a replacement. I am, of course, willing to accept that it was pilot error, but I would really love a second set of eyes, if only for my own peace of mind.
I initially reached out to @sar104, who has graciously agreed to inspect my unfortunate incident and suggested that perhaps I should tell the story to the group so that we can get as many eyes on it as possible.
Earlier this week, I flew my drone in a particularly remote part of Maui called Hana - more specifically the so-called Road To Hana which is an often-times single lane curvy road that runs alongside the Pacific on the way to the town of Hana. An absolutely gorgeous experience that I highly recommend should you ever be in Maui. I flew my Mavic 2 Pro drone successfully twice before the incident and am stumped as to what happened. As I was orbiting over the bay approximately 200 ft in altitude and 600 ft in distance an unexpected crash occurred during an otherwise normal flight. I could still see video, but it had clearly tangled with a tree and was unable to take off. I rushed to retrieve the aircraft, but unfortunately it had crashed in a dense part of the rain forest that was 50 feet or so above the road straight up with no access into the dense jungle - I tried climbing the slippery side, but thought better of it pretty quickly. I really don't understand what happened - it was a bit windy that day, but I had no problems handling the aircraft up to that point - it simply drifted laterally and suddenly lost altitude in the blink of an eye.
I have attached the files that @sar104 requested. The .dat file that I have attached is the only one that is available in the MCDatFlightRecords folder, although I'm not 100% certain that it has data pertaining to the date of the crash (5/6/2019) - I'll admit that the file format is foreign to me, so I'm not sure if that file is an aggregate of several flights into one. In addition, I have attached the txt flight files for all three flights from that day including the crash.
Thank you to everyone for taking a look - I have reached out to DJI and they have determined that the crash was due to pilot error and since I am unable to retrieve the drone, my DJI Refresh plan is unable to provide a replacement. I am, of course, willing to accept that it was pilot error, but I would really love a second set of eyes, if only for my own peace of mind.