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GA instructor reported an near midair collision event during approach to sfb with a drone at an altitude of 1600 feet.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1755023 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFB.Tower |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| 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 | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
Narrative:
While on approach for ILS 09R at sfb; instructor noticed a small black dot at 11 o'clock. We were about half a mile from the final approach fix at 1600 ft.; flying at 110 kts; when instructor noticed the object. As we grew closer to the object; the sun shined a reflection on the object and that is when instructor discovered that it was not in-fact a bird; but a drone; as it did not have wings and for the fact that the sun does not shine like that on birds. Instructor kept visual contact as it went from 11 o'clock and then slowly past our left wing at the same altitude; seemingly hovering at its same position. Due to the small size of the object; it was difficult to judge how far away it was; instructor roughly estimates about 100 ft. Instructor roughly estimates the object size was about 1ftx1ft. No deviation was required. Instructor reported to ATC of the activity; who then relayed the information to other inbound traffic. Flight continued normally.suggestions: as there were no notams or information from ATC about drone activity; this particular incident seems to have been conducted against FAA regulations for uas. Scanning for birds and uas; in addition to other aircraft; should be constant when able.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA Instructor reported an NMAC event during approach to SFB with a Drone at an altitude of 1600 feet.
Narrative: While on approach for ILS 09R at SFB; Instructor noticed a small black dot at 11 o'clock. We were about half a mile from the final approach fix at 1600 ft.; flying at 110 kts; when Instructor noticed the object. As we grew closer to the object; the sun shined a reflection on the object and that is when Instructor discovered that it was not in-fact a bird; but a drone; as it did not have wings and for the fact that the sun does not shine like that on birds. Instructor kept visual contact as it went from 11 o'clock and then slowly past our left wing at the same altitude; seemingly hovering at its same position. Due to the small size of the object; it was difficult to judge how far away it was; Instructor roughly estimates about 100 ft. Instructor roughly estimates the object size was about 1ftx1ft. No deviation was required. Instructor reported to ATC of the activity; who then relayed the information to other inbound traffic. Flight continued normally.Suggestions: As there were no NOTAMs or information from ATC about drone activity; this particular incident seems to have been conducted against FAA regulations for UAS. Scanning for birds and UAS; in addition to other aircraft; should be constant when able.
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.