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Helicopter pilot flying at 2;500 ft near 4g4 airport at night reported sighting two lighted uavs at his altitude so he climbed to 3;500 ft.

Attributes
ACN	1390389
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	4G4.Airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	VFR Route
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Rotorcraft Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Encountered 2 drones while inflight [near] 4g4 while maintaining 2500 feet MSL (heading 323 degrees). The pilot seated in the left front crew seat called out 'two drones at 11 and 12 o'clock.' both drones appeared to be well within 500 feet of the aircraft; and at the same altitude. An immediate climb of 1000 feet was initiated and calls were made to approach control and operations. The drones were illuminated. The first one to be and appeared to be red in color; and the second drone appeared to be white. The flight continued without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter pilot flying at 2;500 ft near 4G4 airport at night reported sighting two lighted UAVs at his altitude so he climbed to 3;500 ft.

Narrative: Encountered 2 drones while inflight [near] 4G4 while maintaining 2500 feet MSL (heading 323 degrees). The pilot seated in the left front crew seat called out 'two drones at 11 and 12 o'clock.' Both drones appeared to be well within 500 feet of the aircraft; and at the same altitude. An immediate climb of 1000 feet was initiated and calls were made to approach control and operations. The drones were illuminated. The first one to be and appeared to be red in color; and the second drone appeared to be white. The flight continued without incident.

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.