Tacoma, Washington - PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS TACOMA WA UAS INCIDENT 1700P SEA APCH ADVISED BY MCCHORD

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: TACOMA, WA/UAS INCIDENT/1700P/SEA APCH ADVISED BY MCCHORD AFB AN UNIDENTIFIED NEWS HELICOPTER, AT 1,500 FEET VCNTY MCCHORD CLASS D AIRSPACE REPORTED A UAS HOVERING WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE ACFT. NO CONFLICTS REPORTED. NEWS HELICOPTER TRACKED THE UAS TO A STREET ADDRESS AND LEOS NOTIFIED.

MOR Alert for S46 Number: S46-M-2015/03/16-0002 Type: A/C operated at Altitude/Route/Speed other than expected/intended (Includes TCAS RA - No Loss/spillout) Date/Time: Mar 16, 2015 - 0015Z A/C: B206, UAV (UAV) Summary: This event reported by TCM AFB ATCT to S46: At 0015Z TCM called to advise CHPR7 reported a small UAV operating within 50’ of them while hovering in TCM class D airspace at 1300’ CHPR7 followed UAV to ground. S46 spoke to pilot and is not reporting event as NMAC.

ITS: The geographically responsible AFS Regional Office (RO) division manager and assistant division manager will be provided a memorandum with detail of the incident/individual.