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Attributes | |
ACN | 1766260 |
Time | |
Date | 202010 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
State Reference | US |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
Operating Under FAR Part | Other unknown |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Enroute Supervisor / CIC |
Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 11 |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 3000 |
Narrative:
I was working the controller in charge position in are a X when the controller on sector xy told me that aircraft X reported seeing a drone above him about 3;000 to 4;000 feet above him. Aircraft X was at FL240 orbiting over our wild fire tfr's. No further information was received about type. Since this drone could potentially been at FL280 the controller quick looked sector yy/zz to see if there were other aircraft in the area before calling the high altitude sector. He did notice a air carrier aircraft about FL340 about 20 miles north of aircraft X position but no other aircraft. No primary target was noticed and no adsb information noticed.I did advise the omic of the situation.aircraft X did not see the drone any other time while orbiting.I felt we did all we could do in reporting the possible uas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATC Controller reported a UAV was reported by an aircraft in Class A airspace.
Narrative: I was working the CIC position in Are a X when the controller on Sector XY told me that Aircraft X reported seeing a drone above him about 3;000 to 4;000 feet above him. Aircraft X was at FL240 orbiting over our wild fire TFR'S. No further information was received about type. Since this drone could potentially been at FL280 the controller quick looked sector YY/ZZ to see if there were other aircraft in the area before calling the high altitude sector. He did notice a air carrier aircraft about FL340 about 20 miles north of Aircraft X position but no other aircraft. No primary target was noticed and no ADSB information noticed.I did advise the OMIC of the situation.Aircraft X did not see the drone any other time while orbiting.I felt we did all we could do in reporting the possible UAS.
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.