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PA28 instructor pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone at 2000 feet MSL while on final approach to iag runway 24.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1372635 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAG.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 1415 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 10 Vertical 20 |
Narrative:
Near miss with a drone inside iag airport traffic area on final approach at 2000 MSL. Drone passed above by 20 feet and left by 10 feet. Reported event to niagara falls tower. Tower could see the drone via binoculars. They dispatched local authorities to attempt to locate the operator.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA28 instructor pilot reported a NMAC with a drone at 2000 feet MSL while on final approach to IAG Runway 24.
Narrative: Near miss with a drone inside IAG airport traffic area on final approach at 2000 MSL. Drone passed above by 20 feet and left by 10 feet. Reported event to Niagara Falls tower. Tower could see the drone via binoculars. They dispatched local authorities to attempt to locate the operator.
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.