Submission + - For the First Time Ever, the FAA is Trying to Fine a Drone Hobbyist (vice.com)
That has changed, according to the agency. A spokesperson for the FAA told me that the agency “has proposed a civil penalty against an individual in New York City. The operator, who is a hobbyist, flew a drone carelessly or recklessly and violated air traffic rules as well. He ran the drone into a couple of buildings and it crash-landed 20 feet from a person.”