C-172 pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone while on final approach to ann arbor munic...

Attributes
ACN	1558327
Time
Date	201807
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ARB.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 20

Narrative:

On final approach to arb runway 24 flying a cessna C172 I noticed initially at 1:00 o'clock position (horizontal) a bright 'candy apple red and bright chrome' 4 engine drone. Continued on final approach passing drone. Drone remained stationary in 3D space as we passed. Notified arb tower of drone hovering on arb final approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C-172 pilot reported a NMAC with a drone while on final approach to Ann Arbor Municipal Airport.

Narrative: On final approach to ARB runway 24 flying a Cessna C172 I noticed initially at 1:00 o'clock position (horizontal) a bright 'candy apple red and bright chrome' 4 engine drone. Continued on final approach passing drone. Drone remained stationary in 3D space as we passed. Notified ARB tower of drone hovering on ARB final approach.

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.

C-172 pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone while on final approach to ann arbor municipal airport.