Romeo, Michigan - PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS ROMEO MI UAS INCIDENT 1155E N2083F CESSNA C172 REPORTED TO

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: ROMEO, MI/UAS INCIDENT/1155E/N2083F, CESSNA C172, REPORTED TO SELFRIDGE ANG A LARGE UAS OVER THE ROMEO PROVING GROUNDS AT 3,000 FEET. UAS WAS A RED AND WHITE BLUE IN COLOR WITH A WINGSPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET. THE PILOT OF N2083F HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS AND SAW A PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROVING GROUNDS POSSIBLY CONTROLLING THE UAS. PILOT HAS VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. LEOS WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

MOR Alert for D21 Number: D21-M-2015/05/21-0003 Type: Public inquiry or concern (including all pilot reported NMACs) Date/Time: May 21, 2015 - 1718Z A/C:

Summary: DET RECEIVED A CALL FROM A PILOT WHO REPORTED A NEAR MID AIR COLLISION WITH A DRONE. DET PHONED D21 TO SEE WHICH FACILITY SHOULD FILE THE MOR, THE LOCATION WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CLASS D. I CONFERRED WITH QC AND ADVISED DET TO FILE THE MOR. DET FOLLOWED UP WITH ME APPROX ONE HOUR LATER. THE REPORTED LOCATION OF THE NMAC APPEARS TO BE IN D21 AIRSPACE NOT MTC’s. I ADVISED THAT I WOULD FILE AN MOR WHICH WOULD REFERENCE DET’s.

MOR Alert for DET Number: DET-M-2015/05/21-0001 Type: Public inquiry or concern (including all pilot reported NMACs) Date/Time: May 21, 2015 - 1555Z A/C: (C172)

Summary: CHRIS MEYERS (CFI) OF N2083F WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT OVER THE ROMEO PROVING GROUNDS. A/C WAS ON A HEADING OF 360 AT 3000’MSL. PILOT NOTICED A LARGE REMOTE CONTROL AIRCRAFT WITH A WINGSPAN OF APPROXIMATELY 10’. RC AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT PILOT HAD TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND BREAK OFF COURSE AND TURN TO THE WEST. RC AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE RED AND WHITE IN COLOR. ROMEO PROVING GROUNDS IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5NM NW OF AIRPORT D98. THIS AREA IS NOT WITHIN THE DET CLASS D AIRSPACE LIMITS. PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD SEE A PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROVING GROUNDS AND SPECULATES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE PILOT OF THE RC AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE DOES HAVE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT.