Let's start with a qualifier before we start yelling at those drone kids to get off our aviation lawn: The FAA has never verified a collision between an airplane and an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone. It hasn't happened, ever. To date, pilots have claimed a few drone strikes, but the incidents are like Elvis and Bigfoot sightings: Investigate a little bit and the reported certainties get uncertain. "Every investigation has found the reported collisions were either birds, impact with other items such as wires and posts, or structural failure not related to colliding with an unmanned aircraft," reported the FAA in a 2016 statement.
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