B737-800 captain reported his first officer spotted a drone operating about 300 feet below them; at approximately 200 feet AGL; while on visual approach to cmh runway 10R.

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Attributes
ACN	1343861
Time
Date	201603
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	CMH.Airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual 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	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 223 Flight Crew Type 20000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 300

Narrative:

I was pilot flying a visual approach into cmh runway 10R. At about 500 feet AGL; first officer keyed mic and told tower there was a drone underneath our aircraft at about 200 feet and there was no conflict. We landed uneventfully. I never saw the drone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 Captain reported his First Officer spotted a drone operating about 300 feet below them; at approximately 200 feet AGL; while on visual approach to CMH Runway 10R.

Narrative: I was Pilot Flying a visual approach into CMH Runway 10R. At about 500 feet AGL; FO keyed mic and told Tower there was a drone underneath our aircraft at about 200 feet and there was no conflict. We landed uneventfully. I never saw the drone.

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.