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A general aviation pilot reported an near midair collision with a drone at approximately 500 feet altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1578002 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201809 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Single Engine Turboprop Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 137 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Other 107 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 350 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Narrative:
On an 8 mile ferry back to my airstrip I suddenly had a windshield full of a drone. I immediately banked 90 to the right and then instantly back hard left to try to reacquire the drone. It was at that point I saw a van parked in the south.east. Corner of a potato field. As I circled the van I noticed the shadow of the drone again as it landed. I noted my altimeter at 550 ft. When I asked the drone company about this I was told the drone operator climbed to avoid me. I don't believe this is true because I didn't notice anyone standing outside the van and I'm certain no one observed me approaching. This incident was 1.7 nm from my airstrip. This is the 3rd close call with a drone belonging to this company. This summer with either my airplane or the other airplane we operate we had had 3 close calls. My competitor has had 2 in the 300 ft - 400 ft range.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A General Aviation pilot reported an NMAC with a drone at approximately 500 feet altitude.
Narrative: On an 8 mile ferry back to my airstrip I suddenly had a windshield full of a drone. I immediately banked 90 to the right and then instantly back hard left to try to reacquire the drone. It was at that point I saw a van parked in the S.E. corner of a potato field. As I circled the van I noticed the shadow of the drone again as it landed. I noted my altimeter at 550 ft. When I asked the drone company about this I was told the drone operator climbed to avoid me. I don't believe this is true because I didn't notice anyone standing outside the van and I'm certain no one observed me approaching. This incident was 1.7 nm from my airstrip. This is the 3rd close call with a drone belonging to this company. This summer with either my airplane or the other airplane we operate we had had 3 close calls. My competitor has had 2 in the 300 ft - 400 ft range.
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.