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Air carrier captain reported a small white drone pass under his aircraft flying in the opposite direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1573395 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DFW.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 25000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 125 |
Narrative:
On short final to runway 18R at dfw at 200 ft AGL I saw a small white drone pass under our nose flying in the opposite direction. We took no action since it didn't pose as a threat. It was maybe 100-150 ft below us. It appeared to be flying over the construction area near the approach end of runway 18R. I advised ATC and they had the next few aircraft land on runway 18L.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a small white drone pass under his aircraft flying in the opposite direction.
Narrative: On short final to RWY 18R at DFW at 200 ft AGL I saw a small white drone pass under our nose flying in the opposite direction. We took no action since it didn't pose as a threat. It was maybe 100-150 ft below us. It appeared to be flying over the construction area near the approach end of RWY 18R. I advised ATC and they had the next few aircraft land on RWY 18L.
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.