Crj-200 captain reported a near midair collision with a uav on approach to lga in the vicinity of di...

Attributes
ACN	1475371
Time
Date	201708
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 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial 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 Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 200

Narrative:

Approaching twin tanks on lga runway 31 visual. ATC advised us that aircraft in front of us saw a drone. As we flew across twin tanks I saw a spot coming towards us; but it was a mylar balloon. First officer said she saw a drone to our right just above our altitude; size about 5 ft across. I did not see it. At dials at 2500 feet drone was about 2700 ft [and] a few hundred ft to the right of us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 Captain reported a NMAC with a UAV on approach to LGA in the vicinity of DIALS.

Narrative: Approaching Twin Tanks on LGA Runway 31 visual. ATC advised us that aircraft in front of us saw a drone. As we flew across Twin Tanks I saw a spot coming towards us; but it was a mylar balloon. First Officer said she saw a drone to our right just above our altitude; size about 5 ft across. I did not see it. At DIALS at 2500 feet drone was about 2700 ft [and] a few hundred ft to the right of us.

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.

Crj-200 captain reported a near midair collision with a uav on approach to lga in the vicinity of dials.