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