C172 flight instructor reported a near midair collision with a uav at 6500 in the vicinity of las ai...

Attributes
ACN	1501117
Time
Date	201712
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 181 Flight Crew Total 864 Flight Crew Type 498
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 0

Narrative:

The problem was a near mid air collision with small drone at 6500 MSL that appeared to be moving southerly while my airplane was flying a magnetic heading of 200 approximately. Our lateral separation was between 150-200 feet. We were in the immediate vicinity of las; almost directly above the approach end of runway 26L. The drone was yellow in color and circular; at most 3 feet in diameter; and did not appear fixed wing. It appeared to have some kind of design/camera at its center. We were receiving radar vectors from las vegas TRACON. I was scanning visually while my student was under the view limiting device. We made no evasive action; there was merely a second between the time I saw the drone and it's passing of our position. I queried las vegas approach if there was any drone activity in the area; they responded there was not; I then proceeded to describe the situation; to which they asked questions regarding the drone's altitude and flight path; and prior to our hand off they said they had made a report. This near mid air collision was no fault of las vegas approach or my own; rather the drone operator who violated the airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 flight instructor reported a NMAC with a UAV at 6500 in the vicinity of LAS airport.

Narrative: The problem was a near mid air collision with small drone at 6500 MSL that appeared to be moving southerly while my airplane was flying a magnetic heading of 200 approximately. Our lateral separation was between 150-200 feet. We were in the immediate vicinity of LAS; almost directly above the approach end of Runway 26L. The drone was yellow in color and circular; at most 3 feet in diameter; and did not appear fixed wing. It appeared to have some kind of design/camera at its center. We were receiving radar vectors from Las Vegas TRACON. I was scanning visually while my student was under the view limiting device. We made no evasive action; there was merely a second between the time I saw the drone and it's passing of our position. I queried Las Vegas Approach if there was any drone activity in the area; they responded there was not; I then proceeded to describe the situation; to which they asked questions regarding the drone's altitude and flight path; and prior to our hand off they said they had made a report. This near mid air collision was no fault of Las Vegas Approach or my own; rather the drone operator who violated the airspace.

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C172 flight instructor reported a near midair collision with a uav at 6500 in the vicinity of las airport.