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March 21st, 2015

Kansas City, Missouri - PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS KANSAS CITY MO UAS INCIDENT 1840C KANSAS CITY APPROACH REPORTED

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: KANSAS CITY, MO/UAS INCIDENT/1840C/KANSAS CITY APPROACH REPORTED THAT IFR MOONEY M20T BRANSON, MO - KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN ARPT, REPORTED A RED UAS WITH 4 PROPELLERS WAS HOVERING 200-300 FEET ABOVE ACFT WHEN HE FLEW UNDER IT AT 3,500 FEET 6 SSE ARPT. NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN. KANSAS CITY PD NOTIFIED.

MOR Alert for MCI Number: MCI-M-2015/03/21-0002 Type: Other Date/Time: Mar 21, 2015 - 2341Z A/C: MO20 Summary: PILOT REPORTED AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MKC (165 RADIAL). THE PILOT WAS DESCENDING FROM 3,500 FEET TO 3,000 FEET AND THE PILOT FLEW UNDERNEATH THE UAS. THE UAS WAS 200-300 FEET FROM THE M020. THE PILOT DESCRIBED THE UAS AS RED, AND HAD A 4-PROPELLER ARRANGEMENT. THE PILOT DID NOT TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. THE PILOT SAID HE COULD NOT GIVE A DEFINITIVE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT, THE UAS SEEMED TO BE HOVERING. KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEN, QCG, MAD QC CONTACTED.