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Crj-900 first officer reported sighting a uav at 8000 feet near drems on the MILTON4 arrival to lga. No evasive action was taken; but the uav passed within 75 feet of the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1398198 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LGA.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900) |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | STAR MILTON4 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 75 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Spotted a drone during turn from drems intersection to apple intersection at 8000 feet. Silver drone; size of maybe a small bag was about 50-100 feet on the starboard side same altitude moving east to west. No evasive action was necessary. Flight continued normally.informed approach control. After landing ground control gave us a phone number. Provided all the information to this number and they said they will put in a report. After arriving at hotel contacted chief pilot and informed him of what happened also.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CRJ-900 First Officer reported sighting a UAV at 8000 feet near DREMS on the MILTON4 Arrival to LGA. No evasive action was taken; but the UAV passed within 75 feet of the aircraft.
Narrative: Spotted a drone during turn from DREMS intersection to APPLE intersection at 8000 feet. Silver drone; size of maybe a small bag was about 50-100 feet on the starboard side same altitude moving east to West. No evasive action was necessary. Flight continued normally.Informed approach control. After landing ground control gave us a phone number. Provided all the information to this number and they said they will put in a report. After arriving at hotel contacted chief pilot and informed him of what happened also.
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.