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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Big Bear, CA · June 24, 2015

Date
June 24, 2015 · 17:45 local
Place
Big Bear, CA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Incident - atack 12, an AC-690 fire supression aircraft operated by the us forest service reported a drone aircraft near the Big Bear fire. Atack 12 was supporting the lake fire supression. The drone aircraft was close enough to the area of the fire that one of the supression aircraft halted operations due to mid air collision concerns. Us forest service south ops stated that the pilot reported that the drone passed 500 feet beneath his aircraft. The us forest svc aircraft was at 11,500 ft. vehicles spotted on a forest road, riverside pd called by us forest svc to coordinate response.

As the FAA filed it

INCIDENT - ATACK 12, AN AC-690 FIRE SUPRESSION AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY THE US FOREST SERVICE REPORTED A DRONE AIRCRAFT NEAR THE BIG BEAR FIRE. ATACK 12 WAS SUPPORTING THE LAKE FIRE SUPRESSION. THE DRONE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA OF THE FIRE THAT ONE OF THE SUPRESSION AIRCRAFT HALTED OPERATIONS DUE TO MID AIR COLLISION CONCERNS. US FOREST SERVICE SOUTH OPS STATED THAT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE DRONE PASSED 500 FEET BENEATH HIS AIRCRAFT. THE US FOREST SVC AIRCRAFT WAS AT 11,500 FT. VEHICLES SPOTTED ON A FOREST ROAD, RIVERSIDE PD CALLED BY US FOREST SVC TO COORDINATE RESPONSE.