Part 107 pilot reported flying a UAS in an active TFR. It was during the post-flight the UAS pilot learned of the TFR.

2022-06 · NASA ASRS report 1910447

Date: 2022-06 · Aircraft: DJI M30T

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-unauthorized-flight-operations-uas

Synopsis

Part 107 pilot reported flying a UAS in an active TFR. It was during the post-flight the UAS pilot learned of the TFR.

Narrative

I accidentally flew in a TFR. There was a fire yesterday evening just outside of ZZZ. I sometimes do free video and pictures; of news events; for a local news organization. I checked sky vector app on my phone to see if there's any restrictions. It did not say that there was. I also checked Flightradar24 to see if there were any aircraft in the area. There was not. I was south of the road and flew for about 10 minutes. As I got done and was leaving a Public Official that I know pulled up and said that I shouldn't be flying and that the Public Information Officer wanted to talk to me. When I got over to the other side where the Public Information Officer was he informed me of the TFR. And search-and-rescue we fly in and deal with TFRs all the time. So I know the importance of them. The Information Officer name was Person A. He stated that he would probably not report it; since there were no aircraft in the area. But I want to make sure that I'm doing everything by the book. I apologize to him and his guys for any issues that it may have caused. I do fly in conjunction with law enforcement and other emergency service agencies so am very well aware of what needs to happen and thought my bases were covered when I checked the apps.

NASA callback

The reporter indicated the UAS was brand new and had not been connected to the internet. The UAS was unable to load information about TFR's.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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