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An instructor reported a close encounter with a drone (uav) at an altitude of 5;000 feet; requiring an evasive maneuver.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1284746 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAB.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NM |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Drone was 2 feet in diameter at exactly 5000 MSL on pxr 030 at 23 DME; evasive action was taken. It was silver and cylindrical.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An instructor reported a close encounter with a drone (UAV) at an altitude of 5;000 feet; requiring an evasive maneuver.
Narrative: Drone was 2 feet in diameter at exactly 5000 MSL on PXR 030 at 23 DME; evasive action was taken. It was silver and cylindrical.
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.