Operator & Flyer ID on lost drone

[Jeremy Clark]

Hi everyone
So, the bad news is after 12 months, I've had my first major crash with my MA2 with the drone ending up stuck about 150ft up in thick fir trees. I can hear it beeping & see the flashing "Find My Drone" light, but there is no way to access it. It's way too high to climb the tree, even with a ladder, & despite vigorous shaking at the bottom, it seems well & truly stuck. I'm insured so in the process of a claim & Coverdrone sounded positive when I called them, so fingers crossed it will be replaced.
My question is about the flyer & operator stickers on the drone. Hopefully, if / when it eventually falls down, if someone finds it, you'd hope they'd contact me. However, what if they didn't, kept & repaired it, bought a controller & flew the drone. If they then damaged property or god forbid, a person, and the drone was found, still with my ID's on, would I be liable? How would I prove it wasn't me flying?
Look forward to receiving any comments

 

[old man mavic]

@Jeremy Clark in order for them to be able to fly the drone they would have to set it up with their own App and Email Address ,the same as what happens when a drone is sold and the new owner registers it even if those stickers were left on the drone, then even if they tried to use them after a accident ,then it would show your name and not theirs ,so you would be able to show that you were not the person flying it at the time

 

[Lastrexking]

Hi everyone
So, the bad news is after 12 months, I've had my first major crash with my MA2 with the drone ending up stuck about 150ft up in thick fir trees. I can hear it beeping & see the flashing "Find My Drone" light, but there is no way to access it. It's way too high to climb the tree, even with a ladder, & despite vigorous shaking at the bottom, it seems well & truly stuck. I'm insured so in the process of a claim & Coverdrone sounded positive when I called them, so fingers crossed it will be replaced.
My question is about the flyer & operator stickers on the drone. Hopefully, if / when it eventually falls down, if someone finds it, you'd hope they'd contact me. However, what if they didn't, kept & repaired it, bought a controller & flew the drone. If they then damaged property or god forbid, a person, and the drone was found, still with my ID's on, would I be liable? How would I prove it wasn't me flying?
Look forward to receiving any comments

You can contact the CAA and let them know you no longer own the drone.

 

[Prop Wash]

You got a brave neighbor kid willing to scale the tree?
Maybe contact an Arborist who are used to climbing trees safely? Just a couple of thoughts.

 

[Jeremy Clark]

You can contact the CAA and let them know you no longer own the drone.

Oh OK. Than. I'll let them know

 

[Jeremy Clark]

You got a brave neighbor kid willing to scale the tree?
Maybe contact an Arborist who are used to climbing trees safely? Just a couple of thoughts.

Thanks for the suggestions

 

[Meta4]

the drone ending up stuck about 150ft up in thick fir trees. ... despite vigorous shaking at the bottom, it seems well & truly stuck.

How do you shake a tree that's >150 ft high?

 

[Lastrexking]

How do you shake a tree that's >150 ft high?

Give King Kong a call?

 

[Lastrexking]

Oh OK. Than. I'll let them know

I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you manage to retrieve it.

 

[hiflyer201]

Just de-register it. Takes only one click

 

[wardtom084]

I am sure you have thought about using a rescue drone. Possibly the trees would make it impossible so send one up and try to snag or even drape some nylon string over the branch and shake the fool out of it?