During a preflight inspection, a remote pilot discovers a small UAS component needs repair outside the manufacturer's scheduled maintenance interval. According to AC 107-2A, what should the remote pilot do?

Why: AC 107-2A's unscheduled maintenance guidance states: "In the event such a condition is found, flight operations should not occur until the issue is corrected." Unscheduled maintenance covers a component found in need of servicing, repair, modification, overhaul, or replacement outside the normal schedule, discovered during a preflight inspection or resulting from a mishap.

• Deferring the fix to the next scheduled maintenance contradicts the AC's explicit instruction that flight operations should not occur until an issue found in preflight is corrected.
• The AC draws no distinction between an issue found in preflight versus in flight — either way, unscheduled maintenance applies and operations should not continue until it's corrected.