<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1315217, December 2015

B757 flight crew experienced a TCAS TA at 1200 feet on final approach to runway 22L at ewr and assumes it is from a helicopter below. The captain and a jumpseater note two drones on the left side and 200 feet lower. No evasive action is required.

Attributes
ACN	1315217
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 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
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 178 Flight Crew Type 506
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 154
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Miss Distance	Vertical 200

Narrative:

While descending through 1200 feet on final to runway 22L ewr we received a TCAS TA of traffic; I assumed it was a helicopter below. The captain and jumpseater observed out of the left cockpit window to our east two drones. They estimated them at 1000 feet AGL. I never saw them and landed the plane without incident. We reported this to tower so they could advise traffic behind us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew experienced a TCAS TA at 1200 feet on final approach to Runway 22L at EWR and assumes it is from a helicopter below. The Captain and a jumpseater note two drones on the left side and 200 feet lower. No evasive action is required.

Narrative: While descending through 1200 feet on final to Runway 22L EWR we received a TCAS TA of traffic; I assumed it was a helicopter below. The Captain and jumpseater observed out of the left cockpit window to our East two drones. They estimated them at 1000 feet AGL. I never saw them and landed the plane without incident. We reported this to tower so they could advise traffic behind us.

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.