B737 first officer reports sighting a drone; first reported by lga tower; 3 NM nne at 1;000 feet dur...

Narrative:

Upon checking on with lga tower; we were issued an unauthorized unmanned drone activity at 1000 feet. When we approached 1000 feet; we were on the lookout for this drone. While scanning the sky; something caught my eyes at the 2 o'clock position low. I shifted my focus towards the object; and sure enough; there was a white quadcopter maneuvering below and to the right of our fight path. The sighting was only a fraction of a second; but I was able to make a mental note of the position due to the unique shape of the condos/apartment buildings below. Our approach and landing was normal and uneventful. There was no collision danger and no evasive action was taken. Once we shut down at the gate; I checked the position of the condo buildings and obtain a road intersection via google maps satellite view.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reports sighting a drone; first reported by LGA Tower; 3 NM NNE at 1;000 feet during approach to Runway 22. No evasive action was required.

Narrative: Upon checking on with LGA tower; we were issued an unauthorized unmanned drone activity at 1000 feet. When we approached 1000 feet; we were on the lookout for this drone. While scanning the sky; something caught my eyes at the 2 o'clock position low. I shifted my focus towards the object; and sure enough; there was a white quadcopter maneuvering below and to the right of our fight path. The sighting was only a fraction of a second; but I was able to make a mental note of the position due to the unique shape of the condos/apartment buildings below. Our approach and landing was normal and uneventful. There was no collision danger and no evasive action was taken. Once we shut down at the gate; I checked the position of the condo buildings and obtain a road intersection via Google Maps Satellite view.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1260184
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
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	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

B737 first officer reports sighting a drone; first reported by lga tower; 3 NM nne at 1;000 feet during approach to runway 22. No evasive action was required.