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Attributes | |
ACN | 1583538 |
Time | |
Date | 201810 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | MMU.Airport |
State Reference | NJ |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12711 Flight Crew Type 7401 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
At 6;000 feet night VMC. About 10NM south of morristown airport. I noticed a possible drone about 500 to 750 feet above us moving in the opposite direction. It was very fast and I just noticed this off the corner of my left peripheral vision. There was no TCAS identification. We reported to ny approach a possible drone sighting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported an airborne conflict with UAV during approach.
Narrative: At 6;000 feet night VMC. About 10NM South of Morristown Airport. I noticed a possible drone about 500 to 750 feet above us moving in the opposite direction. It was very fast and I just noticed this off the corner of my left peripheral vision. There was no TCAS identification. We reported to NY Approach a possible drone 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.