Embraer captain reported encountering a drone at 7;500 feet in the vicinity of area.

Attributes
ACN	1655257
Time
Date	201906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PHF.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

Passed a drone on a heading to phf at 7;500 feet MSL; a drone was sighted in close proximity (about 500 feet from the aircraft). It was traveling opposite direction to our aircraft. It was a white quad-copter. No evasive action was required. It was reported for future traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Embraer Captain reported encountering a drone at 7;500 feet in the vicinity of area.

Narrative: Passed a drone on a heading to PHF at 7;500 feet MSL; a drone was sighted in close proximity (about 500 feet from the aircraft). It was traveling opposite direction to our aircraft. It was a white quad-copter. No evasive action was required. It was reported for future traffic.

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.