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Approach controller is advised by a pilot on approach to runway 24 at oxi of a drone sighting at 3000 feet. No evasive action is taken.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1312914 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OXI.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.7 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Ground Event / Encounter Object Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I had aircraft X on a 340 heading for the RNAV 18 approach to oxi. He was approximately 9-10 NM northeast of the airport at 2900-3000 ft. He reported that a drone came very close to him; about a couple hundred feet to the west. I asked him for any of the details that he could give me about it. It was about the same altitude he reported. I let him continue to fly and start the approach. I took down his phone number to get more information once he was on the ground. I told the controller in charge what had happened and he called roc. After I was off position; I talked to roc and called the pilot back to try to gather a little more information. Pilot had his wife with him and she said it was red and black in color and the pilot said it was tough to tell but maybe 2 ft in diameter. He didn't take any significant action because it would've been too late. There was nothing that showed up on radar.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Approach Controller is advised by a pilot on approach to Runway 24 at OXI of a drone sighting at 3000 feet. No evasive action is taken.
Narrative: I had Aircraft X on a 340 heading for the RNAV 18 approach to OXI. He was approximately 9-10 NM NE of the airport at 2900-3000 ft. He reported that a drone came very close to him; about a couple hundred feet to the west. I asked him for any of the details that he could give me about it. It was about the same altitude he reported. I let him continue to fly and start the approach. I took down his phone number to get more information once he was on the ground. I told the CIC what had happened and he called ROC. After I was off position; I talked to ROC and called the pilot back to try to gather a little more information. Pilot had his wife with him and she said it was Red and Black in color and the pilot said it was tough to tell but maybe 2 ft in diameter. He didn't take any significant action because it would've been too late. There was nothing that showed up on radar.
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.