B737-800 captain report an near midair collision event during approach with a drone within 50 feet f...

Attributes
ACN	1754607
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Type 5398
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While descending into ZZZZ; the first officer saw a silver or white colored drone at approximately 6;500 ft. MSL and within less than 50 ft. From our aircraft. The drone passed off our right side as we were on a vector for arrival. ATC was informed and we relayed the pertinent information.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-800 Captain report an NMAC event during approach with a drone within 50 feet from aircraft.

Narrative: While descending into ZZZZ; the First Officer saw a silver or white colored drone at approximately 6;500 ft. MSL and within less than 50 ft. from our aircraft. The drone passed off our right side as we were on a vector for arrival. ATC was informed and we relayed the pertinent information.

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.

B737-800 captain report an near midair collision event during approach with a drone within 50 feet from aircraft.