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Pc-12 captain reported an airborne conflict event during cruise with a drone; no significant conflict. Reported event to ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1759471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PC-12 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| 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 Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
We took off from ZZZ. We made a right turn to 250 heading; then were cleared to climb to 5;000 ft.; and then turn to 190 heading. While cruising at 5;000 ft.; we had just crossed the northern surface-12;500 ft bravo line of ZZZ1 when we approached what looked like an aircraft about 500 ft. Higher heading directly toward us. As we got closer the object looked more stationary and appeared to be a drone. We let ATC know it was a possible drone and answered a few questions from them and continued on our way. The remainder of the flight was uneventful.always maintain a good visual lookout; even in class B airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PC-12 Captain reported an airborne conflict event during cruise with a Drone; no significant conflict. Reported event to ATC.
Narrative: We took off from ZZZ. We made a right turn to 250 heading; then were cleared to climb to 5;000 ft.; and then turn to 190 heading. While cruising at 5;000 ft.; we had just crossed the northern surface-12;500 ft Bravo line of ZZZ1 when we approached what looked like an aircraft about 500 ft. higher heading directly toward us. As we got closer the object looked more stationary and appeared to be a drone. We let ATC know it was a possible drone and answered a few questions from them and continued on our way. The remainder of the flight was uneventful.Always maintain a good visual lookout; even in Class B airspace.
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.