SR22 pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone while on a visual approach to cma at 4000 f...

Attributes
ACN	1489988
Time
Date	201710
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CMA.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR22
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 61 Flight Crew Total 800 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Object
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I was flying on a VFR flight plan to cma. I was in VFR conditions with unlimited ceiling and visibility. I was at 4000 feet approaching jurex intersection. I was given a hand-off with socal to point mugu approach. I changed frequency at which time I saw a florescent orange flash go by the aircraft off my right wing at my altitude. I saw the flash of color probably less than one second and was not able to focus on the object. It was not an aircraft and was small in size. The flash I saw was a narrow horizontal shape. There was no traffic advisory by ATC. This near miss occurred just prior to my right turn onto the final approach to runway 26 at cma. I thought about advising approach of the near miss with a drone but didn't due to my work load at the time of the approach and the threat had passed. Frankly at the time I couldn't think of the word drone. I am now not a fan of drones which could be catastrophic to aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SR22 pilot reported a NMAC with a drone while on a visual approach to CMA at 4000 ft.

Narrative: I was flying on a VFR flight plan to CMA. I was in VFR conditions with unlimited ceiling and visibility. I was at 4000 feet approaching JUREX intersection. I was given a hand-off with SOCAL to Point Mugu approach. I changed frequency at which time I saw a Florescent Orange flash go by the aircraft off my right wing at my altitude. I saw the flash of color probably less than one second and was not able to focus on the object. It was not an aircraft and was small in size. The flash I saw was a narrow horizontal shape. There was no traffic advisory by ATC. This near miss occurred just prior to my right turn onto the final approach to Runway 26 at CMA. I thought about advising Approach of the near miss with a drone but didn't due to my work load at the time of the approach and the threat had passed. Frankly at the time I couldn't think of the word drone. I am now not a fan of drones which could be catastrophic to aircraft.

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SR22 pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone while on a visual approach to cma at 4000 ft.