Photo via Shutterstock.

While the Nationals were gearing up for the upcoming season at spring training in Florida last month, the organization found itself in trouble with an unlikely organization: The Federal Aviation Administration.

The AP reports that the Nationals organization used a “small, four-rotor drone” plane to snap publicity shots of the team while they practiced, until the FAA got wind of it and ordered them to cease using it. Apparently, no one with the team got permission to use a drone. “No, we didn’t get it cleared, but we don’t get our pop flies cleared either and those go higher than this thing did,” a team official tells the AP.

Right now, the commercial use of drone planes is not permitted at all, save for a single oil company that was granted permission to use drone planes to fly over the Arctic Ocean. Although small drones that weigh less than 55 pounds might seem harmless, the AP says that the FAA is still “months and possibly years away” from issuing regulations to allow the use of such aircrafts.

Although the use of small drones is prohibited, it’s hard for the FAA to keep tabs on violations. “Unless FAA officials receive a complaint or chance upon a news story that mentions drone flights,” the AP reports, “they have little ability to find out about violations.”