Pilot took evasive action to avoid a uav and the chase airplane behind it at 8;500 ft near a local a...

Attributes
ACN	1283969
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	P03.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 6 Flight Crew Total 283 Flight Crew Type 6
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 250

Narrative:

While flying westbound approximately 8 miles north of P03 at 8500 feet MSL we encountered a small grey uav (possibly a hunter) followed by aircraft Z acting as chase. Uav was slightly below us and crossed in front of us from left to right. Aircraft Z crossed underneath us. Collision avoidance was taken by climbing and turning to the southwest. Approximately 8 minutes prior to the event I called on CTAF 122.8 of our location over P03 and received no response. After seeing the uav and aircraft Z I called once again on 122.8 and no answer was received. The uav and aircraft Z continued to the north and no change in altitude or direction was seen.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot took evasive action to avoid a UAV and the chase airplane behind it at 8;500 FT near a local airport.

Narrative: While flying westbound approximately 8 miles north of P03 at 8500 feet MSL we encountered a small grey UAV (possibly a Hunter) followed by Aircraft Z acting as chase. UAV was slightly below us and crossed in front of us from left to right. Aircraft Z crossed underneath us. Collision avoidance was taken by climbing and turning to the Southwest. Approximately 8 minutes prior to the event I called on CTAF 122.8 of our location over P03 and received no response. After seeing the UAV and Aircraft Z I called once again on 122.8 and no answer was received. The UAV and Aircraft Z continued to the North and no change in altitude or direction was seen.

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.

Pilot took evasive action to avoid a uav and the chase airplane behind it at 8;500 ft near a local airport.