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Small aircraft pilot reported a near midair collision with a uav.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1748987 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 39N.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16 Flight Crew Total 245 Flight Crew Type 10 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I was conducting a personal flight introducing a couple of friends to GA (general aviation). We did a few turns around a point near their houses and our town so they could see everything from above. We then decided to head back to 39N at 2000 ft MSL for a full stop landing. About 6nm south of 39N at 2000 ft MSL; at the last second; I saw a black object with flashing blue lights at our altitude and we were on a direct path with it. My first sighting of the object (uas) I would estimate it to be less than 300 ft in front of the nose. I looked to be about the size of a large bird. When I first saw the object; I performed an evasive climbing left turn to avoid it. I believe if it wasn't for the sharp maneuver; this uas would have hit the aircraft. The aircraft I was flying is equipped with TCAS and this did not show up on it. Before flying; I checked the NOTAMS and nothing regarding uas activity showed up. After this incident I immediately checked 1800wxbreif's uas operating areas for the time period this occurred and no NOTAMS where published for this area. After the incident I warned other traffic on 39N's CTAF about the location of the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot reported a NMAC with a UAV.
Narrative: I was conducting a personal flight introducing a couple of friends to GA (general aviation). We did a few turns around a point near their houses and our town so they could see everything from above. We then decided to head back to 39N at 2000 ft MSL for a full stop landing. About 6nm S of 39N at 2000 ft MSL; at the last second; I saw a black object with flashing blue lights at our altitude and we were on a direct path with it. My first sighting of the object (UAS) I would estimate it to be less than 300 ft in front of the nose. I looked to be about the size of a large bird. When I first saw the object; I performed an evasive climbing left turn to avoid it. I believe if it wasn't for the sharp maneuver; this UAS would have hit the aircraft. The aircraft I was flying is equipped with TCAS and this did not show up on it. Before flying; I checked the NOTAMS and nothing regarding UAS activity showed up. After this incident I immediately checked 1800wxbreif's UAS operating areas for the time period this occurred and no NOTAMS where published for this area. After the incident I warned other traffic on 39N's CTAF about the location of the incident.
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.