DA40 instructor pilot reports a near midair collision with a drone at 6;500 feet beneath phx class B...

Attributes
ACN	1263547
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	P50.TRACON
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	DA40 Diamond Star
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 Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Was in cruise on a training flight; just west of rio verde community (vprvc) when I saw a personal drone or uav of a quad-copter style pass 50 feet away on the left side of my aircraft. I reported the occurrence to phx approach. I was at 6500 feet when I saw the drone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA40 Instructor pilot reports a NMAC with a drone at 6;500 feet beneath PHX Class B airspace.

Narrative: Was in cruise on a training flight; just west of Rio Verde community (VPRVC) when I saw a personal drone or UAV of a quad-copter style pass 50 feet away on the left side of my aircraft. I reported the occurrence to PHX approach. I was at 6500 feet when I saw the drone.

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.

DA40 instructor pilot reports a near midair collision with a drone at 6;500 feet beneath phx class B airspace.