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Attributes | |
ACN | 1461959 |
Time | |
Date | 201707 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
State Reference | CA |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | A320 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Type 80 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 |
Narrative:
While on dogleg to final for a visual approach to 24R; I noticed a drone at about 200 feet distance on the right side of the aircraft. The drone appeared to be a quadcopter; black and about two feet in size and was reported to ATC immediately.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 First Officer reported a close encounter with a UAV while on a visual approach to LAX.
Narrative: While on dogleg to final for a visual approach to 24R; I noticed a drone at about 200 feet distance on the right side of the aircraft. The drone appeared to be a quadcopter; black and about two feet in size and was reported to ATC immediately.
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.