Narrative:

While on the CAPSS2 arrival to dca; level at 3;000 ft was being vectored heading 050 and report river insight. After reporting the river in sight was vectored to turn right heading 150; descend to 2;500 slow to 170 kts and cleared for the river visual 19. During the descent a drone flew directly overhead on a south heading less than 150-200 [ft] overhead. The drone did not appear to be a military uav. No evasive maneuvers were initiated. The subsequent approach and landing were uneventful. The incident was reported to the dca tower controller and after landing was instructed to call the tower chief. I reported the details of the incident over the phone.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ700 Captain reported a NMAC with a drone while descending to 2500 ft on the DCA River Visual Runway 19.

Narrative: While on the CAPSS2 arrival to DCA; level at 3;000 ft was being vectored heading 050 and report river insight. After reporting the river in sight was vectored to turn right heading 150; descend to 2;500 slow to 170 kts and cleared for the River Visual 19. During the descent a drone flew directly overhead on a south heading less than 150-200 [ft] overhead. The drone did not appear to be a military UAV. No evasive maneuvers were initiated. The subsequent approach and landing were uneventful. The incident was reported to the DCA tower controller and after landing was instructed to call the tower chief. I reported the details of the incident over the phone.

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.