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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1519589 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | STAR TRUKN2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 102 Flight Crew Type 899 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
While climbing through 5000 on the TRUKN2 departure off of 28L; I noticed a small drone pass approximately 300 ft below and 100 ft left of our aircraft. I notified norcal departure on 120.9 and they relayed the info to a flight departing behind us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported a NMAC with a drone on departure from SFO.
Narrative: While climbing through 5000 on the TRUKN2 departure off of 28L; I noticed a small drone pass approximately 300 ft below and 100 ft left of our aircraft. I notified NORCAL Departure on 120.9 and they relayed the info to a flight departing behind 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.