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Stearman pilot reports a near midair collision with a drone at 800 ft approaching fbl. No evasive action is taken as the drone passes 300 ft off the right wing co-altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1193759 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201408 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FBL.Airport |
| State Reference | MN |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Stearman |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I was completing a pleasure flight on a beautiful summer afternoon in my stearman; approaching fbl; from the northeast; at about 1;800 MSL (about 800 AGL). Something caught my eye to my right at my altitude; and I thought it was probably a hawk; a common sighting in minnesota. I turned my head and looked; and was surprised to see the 'hawk' had what appeared to be attachments (gear? Antenna? Camera?)! It passed about 300 ft off my right wingtip. Very glad I didn't hit it; as a stearman is very blind straight ahead; and if it had been about 300 ft further to the left I never would have seen it until I hit it! So much for the 400 ft max altitude for drones I guess!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Stearman pilot reports a NMAC with a drone at 800 FT approaching FBL. No evasive action is taken as the drone passes 300 FT off the right wing co-altitude.
Narrative: I was completing a pleasure flight on a beautiful summer afternoon in my Stearman; approaching FBL; from the northeast; at about 1;800 MSL (about 800 AGL). Something caught my eye to my right at my altitude; and I thought it was probably a hawk; a common sighting in Minnesota. I turned my head and looked; and was surprised to see the 'hawk' had what appeared to be attachments (gear? antenna? camera?)! It passed about 300 FT off my right wingtip. Very glad I didn't hit it; as a Stearman is very blind straight ahead; and if it had been about 300 FT further to the left I never would have seen it until I hit it! So much for the 400 FT max altitude for drones I guess!
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.