The Facts about the Texas drone crash

[Recoveryone]

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[adm_geomatics]

I was on-call for the disaster relief effort and inquired about the lack of airspace restrictions with Emergency Sevices. They said that the situation was covered by other agencies and I could be assured it was being handled properly. Nothing was communicated beyond that to my knowledge. I have spoken with my Central Texas peers and been posting about this on multiple forums and urging Pilots everywhere to go report the City of Kerrville and Kerr County Facebook posts as misinformation.

The bottom line was that the alleged TFR was not in place when this happened. They were informed of this before the accident happened. The only grace that I will give them is the delay of action from the time that a TFR was requested to when it actually was posted and the public was notified.

 

[jaja6009]

I was on-call for the disaster relief effort and inquired about the lack of airspace restrictions with Emergency Sevices. They said that the situation was covered by other agencies and I could be assured it was being handled properly. Nothing was communicated beyond that to my knowledge. I have spoken with my Central Texas peers and been posting about this on multiple forums and urging Pilots everywhere to go report the City of Kerrville and Kerr County Facebook posts as misinformation.

The bottom line was that the alleged TFR was not in place when this happened. They were informed of this before the accident happened. The only grace that I will give them is the delay of action from the time that a TFR was requested to when it actually was posted and the public was notified.

Working in Public Safety, I see TFR's as being a totally misunderstood point when flying. Whether an agency is operating under Part 107 or Part 91, TFR's are misunderstood.

As part of a solid preflight check, the RPIC MUST check for TFR's in their area. In areas where it is rare for TFR's to exist, this step gets missed often.
This was on display in New Jersey when TFR's popped up all over the state in response to the "New Jersey Mystery Drones" problem in late 2024 and early 2025.
The second problem that pops up is who can create a TFR. This has recently been updated by the FAA with a memo and will make it easier for events that qualify for a TFR to place a TFR in effect.

A final problem is that agencies do not know that they cannot legally fly in a TFR, even in an emergency without applying for and receiving a waiver through the SGI process. We have a prefilled SGI waiver ready to go, and the System Operations Support Center (SOSC) email and phone number in my phone.

I have personally witnessed an anonymous agency fly a drone in a TFR, without going through the SGI process or being listed as being able to fly by the TFR creator.

I hope that the FAA will create a webinar type training that can be taken by all in FAA Safety.gov that can help educate all about TFRs.

 

[adm_geomatics]

Working in Public Safety, I see TFR's as being a totally misunderstood point when flying. Whether an agency is operating under Part 107 or Part 91, TFR's are misunderstood.

As part of a solid preflight check, the RPIC MUST check for TFR's in their area. In areas where it is rare for TFR's to exist, this step gets missed often.
This was on display in New Jersey when TFR's popped up all over the state in response to the "New Jersey Mystery Drones" problem in late 2024 and early 2025.
The second problem that pops up is who can create a TFR. This has recently been updated by the FAA with a memo and will make it easier for events that qualify for a TFR to place a TFR in effect.

A final problem is that agencies do not know that they cannot legally fly in a TFR, even in an emergency without applying for and receiving a waiver through the SGI process. We have a prefilled SGI waiver ready to go, and the System Operations Support Center (SOSC) email and phone number in my phone.

I have personally witnessed an anonymous agency fly a drone in a TFR, without going through the SGI process or being listed as being able to fly by the TFR creator.

I hope that the FAA will create a webinar type training that can be taken by all in FAA Safety.gov that can help educate all about TFRs.

This is some great information! Thanks @jaja6009