# Has a person ever been killed by a model airplane?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628 "2004-09-29T04:58:28Z")
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### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628/1 "2004-09-29T04:58:28Z")
Just curious, some of them can get pretty big.
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### Author:  [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628/2 "2004-09-29T06:36:17Z")
I can’t provide a cite (it was at least 20 years ago), but I distinctly recall a news item about a man in the DC area who was struck in the chest by a model airplane, and killed. You’re right, some of them are quite large, and they move along at a pretty good clip.
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### Author:  [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628/3 "2004-09-29T06:45:12Z")
Here’s a very recent story about someone being [killed by a model airplane](http://www.bmfa.org/news/pr_112003.html). The victim was a 13-year-old girl ([another article about it](http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/archive/display.var.436045.0.grieving_family_seeks_ban.php)).
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### Author:  [@TheBloodBorneIdentity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBloodBorneIdentity)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-person-ever-been-killed-by-a-model-airplane/266628/4 "2004-09-29T14:02:30Z")
My father tells a story about a friend from his neighborhood back in the 50s. The kid had a wire controlled model airplane and he flew it into the electrical lines. The kid died. My father decided to become an aeronautical engineer because of the event.