Helicopter pilot reported a near midair collision with drone.

Attributes
ACN	1580222
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FSD.Airport
State Reference	SD
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 7150 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While in cruise profile approximately 5NM n-ne of fsd; crew identified a blue & red drone passing by the right side of the aircraft. Aircraft radar altimeter was indicating 1100 [AGL]. Drone passed within [estimated] 200 feet of the aircraft at the same altitude. No previous recognition of the drone and no evasive action was initiated. Event reported to fsd TRACON and subsequent followup with fsd ATCT personnel. No further information available to the crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter pilot reported a NMAC with drone.

Narrative: While in cruise profile approximately 5NM N-NE of FSD; crew identified a blue & red drone passing by the right side of the aircraft. Aircraft Radar Altimeter was indicating 1100 [AGL]. Drone passed within [estimated] 200 feet of the aircraft at the same altitude. No previous recognition of the drone and no evasive action was initiated. Event reported to FSD TRACON and subsequent followup with FSD ATCT personnel. No further information available to the crew.

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.