B737 captain reported a near midair collision with a drone while on an ILS approach.

Attributes
ACN	1724938
Time
Date	202002
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	NCT.TRACON
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

On a visual approach at approximately 5 DME on the ILS 28L at 1;500 ft.; a large white drone passed approximately 3 ft. Beneath the right wing outboard of the engine. No lights were illuminated on the drone. It was only visible due to our landing lights. We did not have time to take evasive action.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported a NMAC with a drone while on an ILS approach.

Narrative: On a visual approach at approximately 5 DME on the ILS 28L at 1;500 ft.; a large white drone passed approximately 3 ft. beneath the right wing outboard of the engine. No lights were illuminated on the drone. It was only visible due to our landing lights. We did not have time to take evasive action.

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.