<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1309600, November 2015

A helicopter pilot called ATC after a near midair collision with an uas at 1;400 feet over the stl metropolitan area.

Attributes
ACN	1309600
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	CPS.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 4.5
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural FAR
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100

Narrative:

A helicopter was flying VFR southbound not in communication with air traffic control. The pilot checked with cps tower and reported a near miss uas incident. The aircraft was at 1;400 ft and 7 northwest of cps. The pilot reported that the drone was less than 100 ft from the helicopter and had to take evasive action with a 60 degree banking turn to avoid the drone. There was no reported damage to the aircraft and crew was not injured. The color of the uas was reported as black and grey; 3x3 ft; 4 propellers with balloons on top. Law enforcement was contacted and police dispatched. Uas checklist was followed and completed. Acn and no further incident occurred.add law enforcement procedures to checklist. I was also not sure of what was to be expected of me with law enforcement. I used my best judgment and had the police dispatch cars to the possible scene from where the uas was launched.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot called ATC after a NMAC with an UAS at 1;400 feet over the STL metropolitan area.

Narrative: A helicopter was flying VFR southbound not in communication with air traffic control. The pilot checked with CPS tower and reported a near miss UAS incident. The aircraft was at 1;400 ft and 7 NW of CPS. The pilot reported that the drone was less than 100 ft from the helicopter and had to take evasive action with a 60 degree banking turn to avoid the drone. There was no reported damage to the aircraft and crew was not injured. The color of the UAS was reported as black and grey; 3x3 ft; 4 propellers with balloons on top. Law enforcement was contacted and police dispatched. UAS checklist was followed and completed. Acn and no further incident occurred.Add law enforcement procedures to checklist. I was also not sure of what was to be expected of me with law enforcement. I used my best judgment and had the police dispatch cars to the possible scene from where the UAS was launched.

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.