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R44 pilot northwest of smo at 800 feet experienced a near midair collision with a drone and took evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1320212 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SMO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Robinson R44 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 193 Flight Crew Total 1120 Flight Crew Type 643 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 30 |
Narrative:
I was flying along the shoreline from malibu into santa monica on a sightseeing tour with two passengers aboard. I had just received transition clearance from topanga beach down to the santa monica pier; at which point I would be turning northeast toward ucla. Just southeast of the getty villa; I saw what appeared to be a seagull and made an evasive maneuver to miss it; as it was heading directly toward the aircraft I was piloting. As it passed just below me off my left; I saw clearly what was a white dji phantom quadcopter. I've seen them before; but had only notified tower; this was before I was aware of this reporting site. I immediately notified smo tower and they immediately contacted police units to check it out. I'm not sure if anything came about from it. I also warned several other pilots throughout the day to be on the lookout; not just for that area; but anywhere.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: R44 pilot northwest of SMO at 800 feet experienced a NMAC with a drone and took evasive action.
Narrative: I was flying along the shoreline from Malibu into Santa Monica on a sightseeing tour with two passengers aboard. I had just received transition clearance from Topanga Beach down to the Santa Monica Pier; at which point I would be turning NE toward UCLA. Just SE of the Getty Villa; I saw what appeared to be a seagull and made an evasive maneuver to miss it; as it was heading directly toward the aircraft I was piloting. As it passed just below me off my left; I saw clearly what was a white DJi Phantom Quadcopter. I've seen them before; but had only notified tower; this was before I was aware of this reporting site. I immediately notified SMO Tower and they immediately contacted police units to check it out. I'm not sure if anything came about from it. I also warned several other pilots throughout the day to be on the lookout; not just for that area; but anywhere.
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.