B737 captain reported sighting a drone close by the left side of his aircraft while on approach to r...

Attributes
ACN	1552272
Time
Date	201806
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 8900
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50

Narrative:

At five DME inbound on visual approach to runway 25L; I saw a white 4-engine drone pass off the left side of the aircraft by approximately 50 feet. His altitude was approximately 1200 feet AGL. I reported the drone; and the aircraft following us reported after we touched down.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 captain reported sighting a drone close by the left side of his aircraft while on approach to runway 25L at LAX.

Narrative: At five DME inbound on visual approach to runway 25L; I saw a white 4-engine drone pass off the left side of the aircraft by approximately 50 feet. His altitude was approximately 1200 feet AGL. I reported the drone; and the aircraft following us reported after we touched down.

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.

B737 captain reported sighting a drone close by the left side of his aircraft while on approach to runway 25L at lax.