<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1405192, November 2016

DA20 instructor pilot reported a near midair collision with a uav east of roa at 3000 feet. No evasive action was required.

Attributes
ACN	1405192
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA20 Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 4600 Flight Crew Type 150
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Flight departed runway 06 at roa. Initial heading was 070 with a climb to our requested VFR altitude. A few minutes later; roa tower cleared us on course (south). After leveling at 3000 feet MSL; we observed what appeared to be a small unmanned aircraft of moderate size (3 feet or less); possibly a quadcopter approximately 100 feet above and 200 feet to our left (east). It appeared to be maneuvering but not converging with us. We continued on our heading and altitude and informed tower of the sighting.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA20 instructor pilot reported a NMAC with a UAV east of ROA at 3000 feet. No evasive action was required.

Narrative: Flight departed Runway 06 at ROA. Initial heading was 070 with a climb to our requested VFR altitude. A few minutes later; ROA Tower cleared us on course (south). After leveling at 3000 feet MSL; we observed what appeared to be a small unmanned aircraft of moderate size (3 feet or less); possibly a quadcopter approximately 100 feet above and 200 feet to our left (east). It appeared to be maneuvering but not converging with us. We continued on our heading and altitude and informed Tower of the sighting.

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.