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I was doing a range test on my phantom 3 pro today, (with faa aproval) and something went terribly wrong. I was at 6351 feet with 45 percent battery, when I decided to turn arround. The phantom was flying normaly when randomly it gave me the motor overload error. It then swerved around at only 4-6 mph. It then suggested that I start RTH, and with my blood pressure rising I said yes. It then streightened out, and started home at 8-13 mph which was slower than I anticipated. Then randomly the aircraft lost all speed towards me and shot right at 45 mph with random twists and turns (shown in the picture) and got further, and further from me (7000 + feet). After trying unsucssessfuly to disable home lock, I watched in horror as my phantom did the dance of the sugar plum fairy. It ran the battery down to 15 percent when it went into rapid decent mode, and I could move it along the x and y axis. I was able to swerve it off its corce on to the trees and watched as the altitude dropped to 290 feet at which point I lost signal. We spent all afternoon tracking it down and we found that it had landed gracefully, but had flipped upside down when it landed on a hill. My phantom is fine but my confidence isn't. What went wrong, and how can I make sure it never happens again. NOTE: I had full gps the whole time, and my firmware is up to date. Thanks, Eli