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Attributes | |
ACN | 1338138 |
Time | |
Date | 201603 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | PVU.Airport |
State Reference | UT |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | DA20 Undifferentiated |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Descent |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Person 1 | |
Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Total 1160 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 Vertical 500 |
Narrative:
I had just entered pvu class delta airspace. I was 6000 feet MSL descending to 5500 MSL. I observed what appeared to be an unmanned drone aircraft at 1000 AGL (5500 MSL). The observation was reported to the control tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DA20 Instructor reported sighting a drone in PVU Class D airspace and reported it to the Tower.
Narrative: I had just entered PVU class delta airspace. I was 6000 feet MSL descending to 5500 MSL. I observed what appeared to be an unmanned drone aircraft at 1000 AGL (5500 MSL). The observation was reported to the control tower.
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.