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A B757 captain reported sighting a large model airplane or helicopter about 100 ft below and 500 ft laterally away from them as they were on base leg for runway 22L at jfk.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1216146 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201411 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 7000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
On a visual to 22L; into jfk; we were on a left base about 2;000 AGL; when on the left side of the aircraft we noticed an aircraft that subsequently turned out to be a good sized model airplane or helicopter about 100 ft below the airplane and about 500 ft or less laterally. It moved from front to aft and was headed west. We informed tower and lost sight of it when we turned final.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 Captain reported sighting a large model airplane or helicopter about 100 FT below and 500 FT laterally away from them as they were on base leg for Runway 22L at JFK.
Narrative: On a visual to 22L; into JFK; we were on a left base about 2;000 AGL; when on the left side of the aircraft we noticed an aircraft that subsequently turned out to be a good sized model airplane or helicopter about 100 FT below the airplane and about 500 FT or less laterally. It moved from front to aft and was headed west. We informed Tower and lost sight of it when we turned final.
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.