Small aircraft pilot reported taking evasive action to avoid a quad-copter drone in the traffic patt...

Attributes
ACN	1550721
Time
Date	201806
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RHV.Tower
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 450
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Vertical 50

Narrative:

While on simulated engine failure practice at rhv; on base to final turn at approximately 1000 feet; we saw a white drone or quad copter. I took over controls; took evasive action; then allowed the student to continue the landing. ATC was notified immediately and a warning was given to all pilots in the pattern.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Small aircraft pilot reported taking evasive action to avoid a quad-copter drone in the traffic pattern at RHV.

Narrative: While on simulated engine failure practice at RHV; on base to Final turn at approximately 1000 feet; we saw a white drone or quad copter. I took over controls; took evasive action; then allowed the student to continue the landing. ATC was notified immediately and a warning was given to all pilots in the pattern.

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.

Small aircraft pilot reported taking evasive action to avoid a quad-copter drone in the traffic pattern at rhv.