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Crj-700 captain reported an airborne conflict with what was believed a uav in the vicinity of day airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1516746 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DAY.Airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial 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 | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
We were given a heading to the airport to set up our approach. We both noticed a solid blue block aircraft without altitude encoding coming directly at us less than five miles away. We contacted approach and let them [know] what was going on and asked for a deviation to the left to avoid the unknown traffic. We did make the turn; and it seemed the aircraft would have hit us. We [were] in the bottom of the clouds and could not see it. After we passed the aircraft we continued to the approach and landed with no further event. I did call ATC and discussed the event. They said they had no radar targets. We both came to the conclusion it was a drone. No further issues.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-700 Captain reported an airborne conflict with what was believed a UAV in the vicinity of DAY airport.
Narrative: We were given a heading to the airport to set up our approach. We both noticed a solid blue block aircraft without altitude encoding coming directly at us less than five miles away. We contacted approach and let them [know] what was going on and asked for a deviation to the left to avoid the unknown traffic. We did make the turn; and it seemed the aircraft would have hit us. We [were] in the bottom of the clouds and could not see it. After we passed the aircraft we continued to the approach and landed with no further event. I did call ATC and discussed the event. They said they had no radar targets. We both came to the conclusion it was a drone. No further issues.
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.