20181230025319I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Kissimmee, FL · December 30, 2018

Date
December 30, 2018 · 12:24 local
Place
Kissimmee, FL
Airport
Kissimmee Gateway Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Reported engine
Unknown
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate

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.

Description: UAS was observed by an IFR aircraft operating at 6000 feet. Reporting aircraft was westbound in the vicinity of Kissimmee airport (kism). Pilot reported seeing a red and blue drone approximately 800 feet below them moving eastbound. No evasive action was required.

Causal or contributing factors: unkonwn

Actions taken: osceola county sheriffs office aviation branch notified. Sheriffs office launched an aircraft to search for the UAS, and ground search for the operator. Nothing discovered.

Ptrs number: SO15 201909685

Occurrence report number: F11-M-2018/12/30-0001

As the FAA filed it

DESCRIPTION: UAS WAS OBSERVED BY AN IFR AIRCRAFT OPERATING AT 6000 FEET. REPORTING AIRCRAFT WAS WESTBOUND IN THE VICINITY OF KISSIMMEE AIRPORT (KISM). PILOT REPORTED SEEING A RED AND BLUE DRONE APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET BELOW THEM MOVING EASTBOUND. NO EVASIVE ACTION WAS REQUIRED.

CAUSAL OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: UNKONWN

ACTIONS TAKEN: OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AVIATION BRANCH NOTIFIED. SHERIFFS OFFICE LAUNCHED AN AIRCRAFT TO SEARCH FOR THE UAS, AND GROUND SEARCH FOR THE OPERATOR. NOTHING DISCOVERED.

PTRS NUMBER: SO15 201909685

OCCURRENCE REPORT NUMBER: F11-M-2018/12/30-0001