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Air carrier flight crew reported that while inbound on a visual approach; a small drone was hovering at the same altitude within about 65 feet.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1709348 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MCO.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 129 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 12000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 165 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
During final app on visual app to runway 36L in mco about 1;800 feet MSL and about 5 to 6 miles of landing runway; we encounter a drone on our same altitude and approximately as close as 50 meters; in our right side and apparently flying hover flight. At the same time we identify the drone suddenly it descended and disappeared from our sight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported that while inbound on a visual approach; a small drone was hovering at the same altitude within about 65 feet.
Narrative: During final app on visual app to Runway 36L in MCO about 1;800 feet MSL and about 5 to 6 miles of landing runway; we encounter a drone on our same altitude and approximately as close as 50 meters; in our right side and apparently flying hover flight. At the same time we identify the drone suddenly it descended and disappeared from our sight.
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.