# Incident 20200506021059I: Marion, IN, May 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2020, 06:15 local time
- Place: Marion, IN
- Airport: Marion
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Location: 40.4899° N, 85.6797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4899&lon=-85.6797&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200506021059I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A NMAC DOCUMENTED ON 8020-15  (NGLZ01120001).

CAPTAIN OF PART 135 OPERATOR, FLYING A SHORT BROTHERS 360, FROM SDF TO TVC FLIGHT SNC1470, AT 9000 FT, REPORTED TO ZAU "A BLACK DRONE, STRAIGHT AHEAD, FLEW 100FT OVER THE AIRCRAFT." NO EVASIVE ACTION NECESSARY.

CHICAGO ATC REPORTED THIS EVENT IN CEDAR AS FOLLOWS:

POSSIBLE NMAC FOR ZAU

ZAU-M-2020/05/06-0001

MAY 6, 2020 - 1015Z

SNC1470 (SH36)

AT 090 FEET SNC1470 REPORTED AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FLEW 100 FEET OVER HIS AIRCRAFT. THE UAV WAS BLACK AND 3 FEET BY 3 FEET. DEN WAS NOTIFIED

AND INFORMATION CAN BE VIEWED AT:

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE IND FSDO ON MAY 6, 2020 AT 0713 RECEIVED THIS DRA:

UAS/DRONE INCIDENT | SNC1470 | MARION, IN 05-06-2020 1015Z

EVENT ID:   622690

ZULU DATE/TIME:   05/06/2020 1015Z

LOCAL DATE/TIME:   05/06/2020 0615 EDT

EVENT TYPE:   UAS/DRONE INCIDENT

REGION:   AGL

LOCATION:   MARION, IN

REPORTING FACILITY:   ZAU

CALLSIGN:   SNC1470

AIRCRAFT TYPE:   SH36

AIRLINE:   SNC - NIGHT CAR

DEPARTURE AIRPORT:   SDF

ARRIVAL AIRPORT:   TVC

MESSAGE TEXT:   MARION, IN: SNC1470, SH36, SDF-TVC, AT 9,000FT REPORTED A BLACK DRONE, STRAIGHT AHEAD, FLEW 100FT OVER THE AIRCRAFT. NO EVASIVE ACTION NECESSARY. 05/06/2020 1015Z

GROUPS NOTIFIED:   AGL UAS ; IND FSDO

CREATED BY:   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

ON 5/8/2020, 1103-1114 EST, THE IND FSDO INVESTIGATOR HAD A PHONE CALL WITH THE REPORTING PILOT (PHONE 260-235-9058).  THE CAPTAIN STATED THE CREW HAD JUST SWITCHED TO ORD CENTER, 5-10 MILES EAST OF MARION AIRPORT, CLEAR WEATHER, AT 9000 FROM LEFT SEAT HE SAW A BLACK DOT.  AS HE GOT CLOSER HE SAW A BLACK UAS.  THE UAS HAD FOUR LEGS AND A SKID WITH A CAMERA ABOVE THE SKID.  THE UAS WAS 100 FEET TO HIS RIGHT AND WAS 100 FEET ABOVE HIM AS HE PASSED UNDER THE UAS.  THE FIRST OFFICER WAS HEAD DOWN ON COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION DUTIES AT THE TIME.

BASED ON THE FLIGHT ROUTE AND TIME OF OBSERVATION THE DETERMINED POSITION WAS 40 DEG, 33 MIN, 11.52 SECONDS N - 85 DEG, 38 MIN, 34.8 SEC W.  THIS LOCATION WAS 4.7 SM NNE OF KMZZ.  LOCATION APPEARED TO BE OVER A REMOTE HOUSING SUB DIVISION NE OF CITY OF MARION, IN.  THE FOLLOWING STREETS BORDER THE LOCATION: EAST BRADFORD, EAST WALNUT, NORTH GATEWOOD LANE, AND NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREETS.  THE UAS APPEARED TO BE OVER NORTH CAMPBELL AVENUE, MARION, IN. THIS INFORMATION WAS PASSED TO FAA GL REGIONAL LEAP AGENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (PTRS GL1120201402)

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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