<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1296856, September 2015

A B737 passenger reported seeing a uas on short final to lax runway 7R. The pilots did not see the object.

Attributes
ACN	1296856
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 111
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Upon arrival at gate; a passenger came to the cockpit and reported seeing an aerial drone near the left wing of aircraft on short final to runway 7R. Neither the pilot flying nor I saw anything on short final. A phone call was made to lax tower to report the alleged sighting.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 Passenger reported seeing a UAS on short final to LAX Runway 7R. The Pilots did not see the object.

Narrative: Upon arrival at gate; a Passenger came to the cockpit and reported seeing an aerial drone near the left wing of aircraft on short final to Runway 7R. Neither the Pilot Flying nor I saw anything on short final. A phone call was made to LAX Tower to report the alleged sighting.

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.