Air carrier captain reported a near midair collision with a uav while on approach in ny area.

Attributes
ACN	1632078
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MMU.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 190 Flight Crew Total 25116 Flight Crew Type 5147
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While being vectored by ny approach control in the vicinity of morristown airport at 6;000 feet MSL my two first officers and I noticed what we all thought were balloons but turned out to be a uas (drone) which passed off our right wing by less than 500 feet. I estimated the actual distance to be closer to +/- 200 feet. We were just being handed off to another controller frequency 120.15 to whom we reported the sighting. No evasive action was taken. [Flight duty manager] briefed via telephone after the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported a NMAC with a UAV while on approach in NY area.

Narrative: While being vectored by NY Approach Control in the vicinity of Morristown Airport at 6;000 feet MSL my two First Officers and I noticed what we all thought were balloons but turned out to be a UAS (drone) which passed off our right wing by less than 500 feet. I estimated the actual distance to be closer to +/- 200 feet. We were just being handed off to another controller frequency 120.15 to whom we reported the sighting. No evasive action was taken. [Flight Duty Manager] briefed via telephone after the flight.

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.