Rome, New York - PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS ROME NY UAS INCIDENT 1047E GRIFFISS ATCT ADVISED PIPER P28A

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: ROME, NY/UAS INCIDENT/1047E/GRIFFISS ATCT ADVISED PIPER P28A, AT 1,500 FEET REPORTED A GREEN AND WHITE UAS APPROXIMATELY 18-20 INCHES IN SIZE. OPERATING AT SAME ALTITUDE WHILE ON DOWN-WIND TO BASE LEG RME. THE UAS CAME WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE ACFT. ONEIDA CO SHERIFF 911 NOTIFIED.

MOR Alert for RME Number: RME-M-2015/08/06-0001 Type: Public inquiry or concern (including all pilot reported NMACs) Date/Time: Aug 6, 2015 - 1447Z A/C: (PA28)

Summary: PILOT OF A P28A CHEROKEE, REPORTED A ‘DRONE’ OPERATING CO-ALTITUDE, 1500 MSL, AT THE DOWN-WIND TO BASE POSITION WHILE OPERATING IN THE TOWER PATTERN. THE ‘DRONE’ CAME WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE AIRCRAFT. COLOR OF DRONE WAS GREEN OR GREEN AND WHITE AND APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 24 INCHES IN SIZE. OPERATOR OF THE DRONE AND LOCATION UNKNOWN. LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED.