I haven&#x27;t read the FAA regulations in extreme detail, but from what I&#x27;ve surmised, RC copters would count as needing to be registered. So if that makes it a drone -- and I don&#x27;t see why not, as it is an unmanned aircraft and whether it had a camera or not doesn&#x27;t seem to matter to the FAA -- then yes, people have been killed by them. I remember in Brooklyn a couple years back a teenager was killed quite gruesomely in a public park by his own RC copter: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;05&#x2F;man-decapitated-by-remote-controlled-toy-helicopter&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nypost.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;05&#x2F;man-decapitated-by-remote-contr...</a>