# Incident 20150624021189I: Big Bear, CA, June 24, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2015, 17:45 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2611° N, 116.8450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bear City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2611&lon=-116.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150624021189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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