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B757 flight crew experienced a TCAS TA at 1200 feet on final approach to runway 22L at ewr and assumes it is from a helicopter below. The captain and a jumpseater note two drones on the left side and 200 feet lower. No evasive action is required.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1315217 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 178 Flight Crew Type 506 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 154 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While descending through 1200 feet on final to runway 22L ewr we received a TCAS TA of traffic; I assumed it was a helicopter below. The captain and jumpseater observed out of the left cockpit window to our east two drones. They estimated them at 1000 feet AGL. I never saw them and landed the plane without incident. We reported this to tower so they could advise traffic behind us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 flight crew experienced a TCAS TA at 1200 feet on final approach to Runway 22L at EWR and assumes it is from a helicopter below. The Captain and a jumpseater note two drones on the left side and 200 feet lower. No evasive action is required.
Narrative: While descending through 1200 feet on final to Runway 22L EWR we received a TCAS TA of traffic; I assumed it was a helicopter below. The Captain and jumpseater observed out of the left cockpit window to our East two drones. They estimated them at 1000 feet AGL. I never saw them and landed the plane without incident. We reported this to tower so they could advise traffic behind us.
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.