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CRJ200 first officer reported sighting a drone with a camera attached at 5000 feet during a visual approach to pit.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1318529 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PIT.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While on approach to pit the captain noticed a drone and called its position out. I looked up and saw a 4 bladed drone with a camera attached to the bottom pass no more than 200 ft above and to the left of the aircraft. We were descending through 5000 ft at around 250 KIAS on the visual approach.it is obvious that catastrophic damage could have occurred to the aircraft if we would have struck the drone. It is my understanding that drones are not to be operated above 400 ft AGL and at least 5 SM outside the area of an airport. If this is the law it should be enforced.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ200 First Officer reported sighting a drone with a camera attached at 5000 feet during a visual approach to PIT.
Narrative: While on approach to PIT the Captain noticed a Drone and called its position out. I looked up and saw a 4 bladed drone with a camera attached to the bottom pass no more than 200 ft above and to the left of the aircraft. We were descending through 5000 ft at around 250 KIAS on the visual approach.It is obvious that catastrophic damage could have occurred to the aircraft if we would have struck the drone. It is my understanding that drones are not to be operated above 400 ft AGL and at least 5 SM outside the area of an airport. If this is the law it should be enforced.
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.