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Unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) operator reported that he was unsure whether he was in violation of far 107 while operating his drone due to ambiguity on the airspace charts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1530897 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201804 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DEN.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 1 Flight Crew Type 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I flew my drone within a few hundred feet radius of my parents' house mainly keeping the craft parallel to the road that runs through the neighborhood. I flew for about 15-20 minutes total. I was mostly at an altitude below the tree line; somewhere between 10 and 30 feet. Highest altitude attained was right around 100 feet for a few seconds. I was under a false impression that I was able to fly the drone in the area; but now after looking at some of the maps I am not so certain. I did not defeat any safety devices on my drone or 'unlock' any software to fly there. One map I'm looking at shows that the airspace is not class B; another map I'm looking at shows that it is; so out of caution I will refrain from flying there anymore now that I know I could possibly be violating protected airspace. I am a novice with under 1 hour of flight time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator reported that he was unsure whether he was in violation of FAR 107 while operating his drone due to ambiguity on the airspace charts.
Narrative: I flew my drone within a few hundred feet radius of my parents' house mainly keeping the craft parallel to the road that runs through the neighborhood. I flew for about 15-20 minutes total. I was mostly at an altitude below the tree line; somewhere between 10 and 30 feet. Highest altitude attained was right around 100 feet for a few seconds. I was under a false impression that I was able to fly the drone in the area; but now after looking at some of the maps I am not so certain. I did not defeat any safety devices on my drone or 'unlock' any software to fly there. One map I'm looking at shows that the airspace is not class B; another map I'm looking at shows that it is; so out of caution I will refrain from flying there anymore now that I know I could possibly be violating protected airspace. I am a novice with under 1 hour of flight time.
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.