NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
General aviation pilot reported an airborne conflict with a UAS shortly after takeoff. The presence of the UAS led to the pilot having to adjust course.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
Departed RNW 16 BFI Was told to fly runway heading. Several miles past the normal "turn on route" queried Tower to ask for my 180* turn on course. This was the Green Lake Departure which requires a turn east to west shore of Lake Washington. An aircraft was inbound and caused a delay to be able to turn east. When I did turn east there was a small/med drone East of radio towers abeam Downtown Seattle that prevented reaching the west shoreline of Lake Washington until North of downtown Seattle.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Airspace Violation
- Conflict
- Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.