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A PA28 student pilot reports seeing a spherical object 300 feet abeam and at pattern altitude; which is reported to the tower.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1295187 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201509 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Just after approximately mid field downwind; after completing the landing checklist I looked out of the left hand side of the aircraft to visually check my distance from the runway. I saw a small object passing on the left hand side at the same altitude or slightly lower. I immediately reported what I saw to the tower controller and gave her a description of a small spherical looking object approximately 2 feet diameter at my current location. She then asked me for the altitude to which I replied 2;400 feet. I gave her further information on the ground and she also said that she believes she saw it through the binoculars.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28 Student Pilot reports seeing a spherical object 300 feet abeam and at pattern altitude; which is reported to the Tower.
Narrative: Just after approximately mid field downwind; after completing the landing checklist I looked out of the left hand side of the aircraft to visually check my distance from the runway. I saw a small object passing on the left hand side at the same altitude or slightly lower. I immediately reported what I saw to the tower controller and gave her a description of a small spherical looking object approximately 2 feet diameter at my current location. She then asked me for the altitude to which I replied 2;400 feet. I gave her further information on the ground and she also said that she believes she saw it through the binoculars.
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.