Uas pilot; operating legally near jfk after filing a flight plan and NOTAM for the flight; was appro...

Narrative:

While operating a suas in class G airspace; under a jfk NOTAM for almost 2 minutes in flight; uas pilot noticed a law enforcement helicopter approaching suas in flight hovering within the airspace described below; between the surface and 400 feet AGL. Kjfk john F kennedy international-airspace uas wi an area defined as 1NM radius of XXX/xx sfc-400FT AGL. I; the suas remote pilot; had filed said NOTAM to operate safely in the stated confines. As per the fars; I lowered and safely landed the suas and yielded to the manned law enforcement aircraft that was operating at approximately 200 feet AGL. I then called jfk tower and alerted the controller that I was operating within the confines of an active NOTAM and to communicate that message with the law enforcement aviation unit. Uniformed police officers arrived and were shown the NOTAM and recorded my identification information. After speaking with the officers; I agreed not to relaunch the suas. I felt I had taken precautionary actions to fly safely and legally in this airspace. The flight launched and landed in vacant public land with no spectators/uninvolved persons in sight.in the future; both sides exchanged telephone numbers and we agreed to open a direct line of communication with the law enforcement aviation unit; even while flying in class G airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: UAS pilot; operating legally near JFK after filing a flight plan and NOTAM for the flight; was approached by a law enforcement helicopter. The pilot landed the UAV to avoid airborne conflict then cancelled his flight after discussions with authorities.

Narrative: While operating a sUAS in Class G airspace; under a JFK NOTAM for almost 2 minutes in flight; UAS pilot noticed a law enforcement helicopter approaching sUAS in flight hovering within the airspace described below; between the surface and 400 feet AGL. KJFK JOHN F KENNEDY INTL-AIRSPACE UAS WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 1NM RADIUS OF XXX/XX SFC-400FT AGL. I; the sUAS remote pilot; had filed said NOTAM to operate safely in the stated confines. As per the FARs; I lowered and safely landed the sUAS and yielded to the manned law enforcement aircraft that was operating at approximately 200 feet AGL. I then called JFK Tower and alerted the controller that I was operating within the confines of an active NOTAM and to communicate that message with the law enforcement Aviation Unit. Uniformed police officers arrived and were shown the NOTAM and recorded my identification information. After speaking with the Officers; I agreed not to relaunch the sUAS. I felt I had taken precautionary actions to fly safely and legally in this airspace. The flight launched and landed in vacant public land with no spectators/uninvolved persons in sight.In the future; both sides exchanged telephone numbers and we agreed to open a direct line of communication with the law enforcement Aviation Unit; even while flying in Class G 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.

Attributes
ACN	1400261
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	JFK.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 750 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Uas pilot; operating legally near jfk after filing a flight plan and NOTAM for the flight; was approached by a law enforcement helicopter. The pilot landed the uav to avoid airborne conflict then cancelled his flight after discussions with authorities.