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A television news helicopter crew; hovering at approximately 1500 MSL while filming a news event on the ground; experienced an near midair collision with a drone.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1247879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bell Helicopter Textron Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 1800 Flight Crew Type 250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
We were hovering and slowly orbiting a news scene when the other news helicopter reported a drone sighting. The drone went from that helicopter directly towards my helicopter. It then flew directly above my helicopter before descending back to the ground. All of this was caught in news footage. We decided to depart the area immediately not knowing if there were other drones in the area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A television news helicopter crew; hovering at approximately 1500 MSL while filming a news event on the ground; experienced an NMAC with a drone.
Narrative: We were hovering and slowly orbiting a news scene when the other news helicopter reported a drone sighting. The drone went from that helicopter directly towards my helicopter. It then flew directly above my helicopter before descending back to the ground. All of this was caught in news footage. We decided to depart the area immediately not knowing if there were other drones in the area.
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.