An instructor flying near the sdz VOR at 3;300 feet took evasive action from a uav which fay TRACON ...

Attributes
ACN	1271389
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	FAY.TRACON
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise Descent Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 5100 Flight Crew Type 2000
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1 Vertical 50

Narrative:

I was the instructor on an instrument training flight; entering a hold at sdz VOR specifically outbound on parallel entry to the hold. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. I saw an object which appeared to be lighted at a mile or less about 50 feet or so below which appeared to be approaching us and varying it's altitude up and down. The light could have been a sun reflection. I told the student to look up to watch the object also as we turned away from it. We queried fay TRACON and they did not see any conflicting traffic. It did not appear on tis (traffic information services) nor on ipad ads-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast). When we took evasive action in turning toward the VOR (continuing in the hold) we lost visual contact and never saw it again. As a matter of note there is a known model aircraft field approximately 6 miles east of the VOR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An instructor flying near the SDZ VOR at 3;300 feet took evasive action from a UAV which FAY TRACON did not have on radar.

Narrative: I was the instructor on an instrument training flight; entering a hold at SDZ VOR specifically outbound on parallel entry to the hold. Ceiling and visibility unlimited. I saw an object which appeared to be lighted at a mile or less about 50 feet or so below which appeared to be approaching us and varying it's altitude up and down. The light could have been a sun reflection. I told the student to look up to watch the object also as we turned away from it. We queried FAY TRACON and they did not see any conflicting traffic. It did not appear on TIS (Traffic Information Services) nor on iPad ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast). When we took evasive action in turning toward the VOR (continuing in the hold) we lost visual contact and never saw it again. As a matter of note there is a known model aircraft field approximately 6 miles east of the VOR.

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.

An instructor flying near the sdz VOR at 3;300 feet took evasive action from a uav which fay TRACON did not have on radar.