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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1461959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201707 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 80 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 |
Narrative:
While on dogleg to final for a visual approach to 24R; I noticed a drone at about 200 feet distance on the right side of the aircraft. The drone appeared to be a quadcopter; black and about two feet in size and was reported to ATC immediately.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 First Officer reported a close encounter with a UAV while on a visual approach to LAX.
Narrative: While on dogleg to final for a visual approach to 24R; I noticed a drone at about 200 feet distance on the right side of the aircraft. The drone appeared to be a quadcopter; black and about two feet in size and was reported to ATC immediately.
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.