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GA pilot reported a near midair collision with a drone just outside the FAF while flying the RNAV15 approach to indianapolis metro airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1545119 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | UMP.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| 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 | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1267 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
We were on the RNAV 15 approach to ump coming up on ayuda IAF and saw a flying object pass off our left wing tip at our altitude; 2400 feet MSL approximately 200 feet away.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported a NMAC with a drone just outside the FAF while flying the RNAV15 approach to Indianapolis Metro Airport.
Narrative: We were on the RNAV 15 Approach to UMP coming up on AYUDA IAF and saw a flying object pass off our left wing tip at our altitude; 2400 feet MSL approximately 200 feet away.
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.