I90 TRACON controller reported on an air carrier flight crew report of a near miss with a uav while ...

Attributes
ACN	1346224
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	I90.TRACON
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
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) 17
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

I was working all east side sectors combined and the iah finals. This was mid-shift operation. An air carrier was inbound to iah from the northeast. I issued an approach clearance and a few minutes later the pilot reported a near miss with an unmanned aerial vehicle. The pilot reported a 3-5 ft tubular aircraft at 8;500 ft passed 'very close' to their aircraft. The pilot called in on the phone later to confirm details and said the uav was large enough to have taken down their aircraft had they hit it. It was unlit and grey in color. All three people in the cockpit saw it. The co-pilot described it as looking like a fixed wing long aircraft. They continued with the approach and there were no subsequent sightings. I turned off all filtering on my scope and still could not see any returns in the area that could be identified. This occurred within the class-B airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: I90 TRACON Controller reported on an air carrier Flight Crew report of a near miss with a UAV while on approach to IAH.

Narrative: I was working all East side sectors combined and the IAH Finals. This was Mid-Shift operation. An air carrier was inbound to IAH from the northeast. I issued an approach clearance and a few minutes later the pilot reported a near miss with an unmanned aerial vehicle. The pilot reported a 3-5 ft tubular aircraft at 8;500 ft passed 'very close' to their aircraft. The pilot called in on the phone later to confirm details and said the UAV was large enough to have taken down their aircraft had they hit it. It was unlit and grey in color. All three people in the cockpit saw it. The co-pilot described it as looking like a fixed wing long aircraft. They continued with the approach and there were no subsequent sightings. I turned off all filtering on my scope and still could not see any returns in the area that could be identified. This occurred within the Class-B airspace.

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.

I90 TRACON controller reported on an air carrier flight crew report of a near miss with a uav while on approach to iah.