Small aircraft pilot reported an airborne conflict with a uav on final approach to roa.

Attributes
ACN	1631157
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ROA.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 23 Flight Crew Total 1344 Flight Crew Type 286
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 1500 Vertical 0

Narrative:

On final approach segment of lda Z approach to runway 6 at roa; a drone was spotted by safety pilot. The drone was at 2 o'clock position and same altitude which was 200 feet AGL. The drone appeared to be flying in same direction or toward aircraft. Evasive turn away from drone was initiated but only a minor change in course was possible in the brief time available. The drone came within 1;500 feet of aircraft. Landing was completed and roanoke tower was advised of near miss.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reported an airborne conflict with a UAV on final approach to ROA.

Narrative: On final approach segment of LDA Z Approach to Runway 6 at ROA; a drone was spotted by safety pilot. The drone was at 2 o'clock position and same altitude which was 200 feet AGL. The drone appeared to be flying in same direction or toward aircraft. Evasive turn away from drone was initiated but only a minor change in course was possible in the brief time available. The drone came within 1;500 feet of aircraft. Landing was completed and Roanoke Tower was advised of near miss.

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.