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A helicopter pilot near agc reported a small uas 200 feet away from his aircraft while cruising at 2000 feet MSL.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1307473 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AGC.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
After departing agc; we encountered what appeared to be a small drone approximately 6 NM northwest of agc; directly across heinz field on the south side of the ohio river. We were at 2000 ft MSL when we spotted the small 'object' approximately 200 ft off our port side. The object was silver and was reflective. It appeared to be heading on a southeast course before it executed a slight left bank to the east. We only saw the object for approximately 10 sec before it disappeared behind our aircraft. I immediately notified approach and relayed the same info. After an uneventful flight; I called approach and basically repeated the same info that I had passed over the radio. They told me that law enforcement in that area had been notified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A helicopter pilot near AGC reported a small UAS 200 feet away from his aircraft while cruising at 2000 feet MSL.
Narrative: After Departing AGC; we encountered what appeared to be a small drone approximately 6 NM NW of AGC; directly across Heinz Field on the south side of the Ohio River. We were at 2000 ft MSL when we spotted the small 'object' approximately 200 ft off our port side. The object was silver and was reflective. It appeared to be heading on a SE course before it executed a slight left bank to the east. We only saw the object for approximately 10 sec before it disappeared behind our aircraft. I immediately notified Approach and relayed the same info. After an uneventful flight; I called Approach and basically repeated the same info that I had passed over the radio. They told me that law enforcement in that area had been notified.
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.