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B737 captain reported possibly encountering a drone that flew by the right wing while descending through 9000 ft on approach to atl near poors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1364485 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ATL.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| 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 | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Type 12000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
We were descending on the arrival through 9000 ft and something flew by our right wing. It may have been a drone. My first officer saw it; but I did not. We reported it to ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 Captain reported possibly encountering a drone that flew by the right wing while descending through 9000 ft on approach to ATL near POORS.
Narrative: We were descending on the arrival through 9000 ft and something flew by our right wing. It may have been a drone. My First Officer saw it; but I did not. We reported it to ATC.
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.