Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 0; Flight Crew Total 135; Flight Crew Type 120
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors
I was a pilot on the ground in Battle Creek Park approximately 1 mile east of STP. I noticed a drone hovering on the base leg VFR approach to Runways 13 and 14 due north of my position and at the same altitude that a R44 helicopter was operating that day. This is not a good place to be operating a drone. I've flown this approach to STP in the past in a helicopter; and I don't want to hit a drone coming into land at STP. The R44 helicopter I saw was lower than the drone was today.
Private pilot observing from the ground; reports a NMAC between an R44 helicopter and a drone during a visual approach to Runway 13 or 14 at STP. The drone was hovering near the base leg of the VFR traffic pattern and 100 feet above the helicopter.