A small aircraft pilot reported a close encounter with a uav. He took immediate evasive action and a...

Attributes
ACN	1383510
Time
Date	201608
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ARR.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 460 Flight Crew Type 160
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While enroute in cruise flight on my normal route for traffic watch; I encountered another aircraft over the location noted. I noticed the aircraft as it appeared approximately 100ft ahead; directly 12 o'clock to my aircraft's nose; flying head on at my aircraft. Immediately I banked my aircraft to the right; and the other aircraft banked to its right. The aircraft was at the same altitude; 1;700 ft. The aircraft was not a manned aircraft; possibly a heavy duty remote control airplane or a uav. It was red and white; and looked similar to a glider but much smaller. It did not appear on my ads-B receiver. To my knowledge; it is not legal to fly an unmanned aircraft at the altitude I was at; which endangered the safety of my flight and passenger; as well as scaring my passenger. The aircraft had no anti-collision light operating and was difficult to see until it was very close. I am unsure if there are any means of finding the operator of this aircraft; but I felt it necessary to report as the aircraft is operating possibly illegally and may potentially cause more incidents in the future with other aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A small aircraft pilot reported a close encounter with a UAV. He took immediate evasive action and avoided a collision with the UAV.

Narrative: While enroute in cruise flight on my normal route for traffic watch; I encountered another aircraft over the location noted. I noticed the aircraft as it appeared approximately 100ft ahead; directly 12 o'clock to my aircraft's nose; flying head on at my aircraft. Immediately I banked my aircraft to the right; and the other aircraft banked to its right. The aircraft was at the same altitude; 1;700 ft. The aircraft was not a manned aircraft; possibly a heavy duty remote control airplane or a UAV. It was red and white; and looked similar to a glider but much smaller. It did not appear on my ADS-B receiver. To my knowledge; it is not legal to fly an unmanned aircraft at the altitude I was at; which endangered the safety of my flight and passenger; as well as scaring my passenger. The aircraft had no anti-collision light operating and was difficult to see until it was very close. I am unsure if there are any means of finding the operator of this aircraft; but I felt it necessary to report as the aircraft is operating possibly illegally and may potentially cause more incidents in the future with other aircraft.

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.

A small aircraft pilot reported a close encounter with a uav. He took immediate evasive action and avoided a collision with the uav.