A PA-28 pilot reported a near miss at 3;000 ft with an unmanned vehicle while descending to his dest...

Attributes
ACN	1205177
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 13 Flight Crew Total 567 Flight Crew Type 567
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Flying direct route VFR with one passenger on board; flight following was initiated with center shortly after departing. Approximately 6-7 miles due south of my destination during descent; encountered an unmanned aerial vehicle at my exact altitude (3;000 ft) that passed between 50-100 ft off my left wing tip (west of aircraft). Passenger reported seeing rotors on vehicle. Pilot and passenger agree on color (red and silver) and approximate size range from 1.5-3.0 ft in diameter. Reported [uav] immediately to approach controller. Upon clearing active runway was advised by controller to contact tower shift supervisor on and complied with request shortly after parking aircraft at GA ramp. The next day I contacted that controller again and was routed to another FAA person and with her on the phone completed a FAA near-miss incident report.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA-28 pilot reported a near miss at 3;000 FT with an unmanned vehicle while descending to his destination in Class B airspace. The FAA was notified and recorded the event.

Narrative: Flying direct route VFR with one passenger on board; Flight Following was initiated with Center shortly after departing. Approximately 6-7 miles due south of my destination during descent; encountered an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at my exact altitude (3;000 FT) that passed between 50-100 FT off my left wing tip (west of aircraft). Passenger reported seeing rotors on vehicle. Pilot and passenger agree on color (red and silver) and approximate size range from 1.5-3.0 FT in diameter. Reported [UAV] immediately to Approach Controller. Upon clearing active runway was advised by Controller to contact Tower Shift Supervisor on and complied with request shortly after parking aircraft at GA ramp. The next day I contacted that Controller again and was routed to another FAA person and with her on the phone completed a FAA near-miss incident report.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A PA-28 pilot reported a near miss at 3;000 ft with an unmanned vehicle while descending to his destination in class B airspace. The FAA was notified and recorded the event.