While the fire aircraft was operating its firefighting mission, the defendant entered the area near the third street Prize in Santa Monica, California, and parked his vehicle on the top floor of a parking structure. Defendant launched the drone and flew towards Pacific Palisads to inspect the damage caused by the fire of pelisades. At that time, the Federal Aviation Administration issued temporary flight sanctions, which prohibited drone operation near the wildfire of Southern California, including the fire of Palisads.
The defender flew a drone visual vision while flying at least 2500 meters from his launch point and lost the view of the drone while flying. Subsequently, the drone collided with firefighting aircraft, causing a 3-inch-6-inch hole in the left wing of the fire plane.