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Helicopter pilot experienced a near midair collision with a drone at 400 feet AGL west of smo and took evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1342212 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SMO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| 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 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 118 Flight Crew Total 1234 Flight Crew Type 746 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 20 Vertical 10 |
Narrative:
Flying passengers along a sightseeing flight; already cleared into smo class D; just off shoreline over will rogers state beach; 400 feet AGL; saw white quadcopter (dji phantom type) and took evasive action. Notified tower immediately.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Helicopter pilot experienced a NMAC with a drone at 400 feet AGL west of SMO and took evasive action.
Narrative: Flying passengers along a sightseeing flight; already cleared into SMO Class D; just off shoreline over Will Rogers State Beach; 400 feet AGL; saw white quadcopter (DJI Phantom type) and took evasive action. Notified tower immediately.
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.