Drone exam · Maintenance and airworthiness

A drone was returned from another team with no log entry, a replaced propeller, and an unexplained adhesive mark on the arm. What is the safest maintenance response?

Answer

Quarantine it until the work and aircraft condition are understood, recorded, and checked against an approved configuration.

Explanation

Unknown maintenance history destroys confidence in configuration and defect status. The uncertainty itself is a reason not to release the aircraft.