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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1583538 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201810 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MMU.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Widebody Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 12711 Flight Crew Type 7401 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Object |
Narrative:
At 6;000 feet night VMC. About 10NM south of morristown airport. I noticed a possible drone about 500 to 750 feet above us moving in the opposite direction. It was very fast and I just noticed this off the corner of my left peripheral vision. There was no TCAS identification. We reported to ny approach a possible drone sighting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier Captain reported an airborne conflict with UAV during approach.
Narrative: At 6;000 feet night VMC. About 10NM South of Morristown Airport. I noticed a possible drone about 500 to 750 feet above us moving in the opposite direction. It was very fast and I just noticed this off the corner of my left peripheral vision. There was no TCAS identification. We reported to NY Approach a possible drone sighting.
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.