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Air carrier captain reported sighting a quadcopter drone at approximately 4000 feet while flying the STYCK6 departure out of iah.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1566714 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | I90.TRACON |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | SID STYCK6 |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
During our climb out of iah on the styck 6 departure our cockpit jumpseater said that we overflew a black quad copter drone. Our altitude was about five thousand feet and climbing; and we estimated that the drone altitude was about 3500-4000 feet. We reported this to ATC and continued on to our destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported sighting a quadcopter drone at approximately 4000 feet while flying the STYCK6 departure out of IAH.
Narrative: During our climb out of IAH on the STYCK 6 departure our cockpit jumpseater said that we overflew a black quad copter drone. Our altitude was about five thousand feet and climbing; and we estimated that the drone altitude was about 3500-4000 feet. We reported this to ATC and continued on to our destination.
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.