AIIC AI Intelligence Centre

SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE

Tesla Owner Activated "Smart Summon" Feature, Causing a Collision with an Aircraft in a Washington Airport

AI Incident Database · article · Apr 22, 2022 · UTC

A Tesla Model Y was shown on video slowly crashing into a Vision Jet in Spokane, Washington, allegedly due to its owner activating the “Smart Summon” feature.

Read original source ↗ Open in workspace

recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.

License: CC BY-SA 4.0

First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.

Observed changes

AIIC observation times, not verified publisher revision times. Up to eight recent revisions.

2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z

  • publishedAt: Not provided2022-04-22T00:00:00.000Z