UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 1235
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Procedure; Human Factors; Company Policy
Today I flew a mission in controlled airspace. I was told by my air ops manager that we were approved to fly in the area. But the air ops manager forgot to mention we were only approved for 50 feet. The mission was to inspect utility poles and transmission lines. I flew to a max altitude of 138 feet in order to take pictures of our asset. I was well within 100 feet of flying the drone. There was no incidents and no aircraft in the area. I realized what happened after when checking LAANCE approval to discover that we only had clearance for 50 feet.
A Drone operator flying in Class D airspace exceeded the altitude they were approved to operate.