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An emb-175 captain reported being advised by a flight attendant that a passenger witnessed a dark grey; spherically shaped uas three feet long flew near their aircraft's wingtip at some point during departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1365320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORF.Airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Passenger reported seeing a large drone flying just near the wingtip of the airplane. Drone was described as 3 feet in length; dark grey in color and spherical in shape. Stated that it had an arm with a camera and a green blinking light and just missed the wing of the airplane on the right hand side. Altitude was approximately 17;000 ft when it was reported to the crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An EMB-175 Captain reported being advised by a Flight Attendant that a passenger witnessed a dark grey; spherically shaped UAS three feet long flew near their aircraft's wingtip at some point during departure.
Narrative: Passenger reported seeing a large drone flying just near the wingtip of the airplane. Drone was described as 3 feet in length; dark grey in color and spherical in shape. Stated that it had an arm with a camera and a green blinking light and just missed the wing of the airplane on the right hand side. Altitude was approximately 17;000 ft when it was reported to the crew.
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.