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BE35 pilot reported sighting a uav (drone) near ugn in very close proximity to his aircraft requiring evasive action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1456110 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | UGN.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 3300 Flight Crew Type 3250 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 10 Vertical 5 |
Narrative:
Passed by a quad copter drone off right wing tip. In sight for roughly two seconds. Amazed to see one at this altitude. Was monitoring chicago approach but changed frequency to milwaukee approach to report this as chicago radio was far too busy in my estimation. One passenger (of two) on board also saw this briefly but was not sure what he saw as he observed it after I had snapped off the autopilot and turned left briefly. Distance estimated based on object observed; four horizontal props; long silver and dark body with camera mounted on end facing our opposite direction. Observation time was very brief. No aircraft hit; no injuries. Just a tad alarming.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE35 pilot reported sighting a UAV (drone) near UGN in very close proximity to his aircraft requiring evasive action.
Narrative: Passed by a quad copter drone off right wing tip. In sight for roughly two seconds. Amazed to see one at this altitude. Was monitoring Chicago approach but changed frequency to Milwaukee approach to report this as Chicago radio was far too busy in my estimation. One passenger (of two) on board also saw this briefly but was not sure what he saw as he observed it after I had snapped off the autopilot and turned left briefly. Distance estimated based on object observed; four horizontal props; long silver and dark body with camera mounted on end facing our opposite direction. Observation time was very brief. No aircraft hit; no injuries. Just a tad alarming.
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.