Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 2500; Flight Crew Type 1900
Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Airspace Structure; Human Factors
I missed a small silver quad copter UAS by approximately 100 feet.  My altitude at this point was about 2;000 AGL.  I reported the near-miss to Leesburg Tower; they collected the same information presented in this report. As I understand it; UAS may not be operated above 400 AGL without a waiver; therefore the person operating that UAS was likely doing so illegally.  The area where this occurred is just outside the Leesburg Maneuvering Area of the DC SFRA and therefore is quite busy with traffic going to and from JYO. I strongly support any efforts to compel all UAS operators to equip with ADS-B Out so that other aircraft can have situational awareness.
General aviation pilot was on climb out when a UAV came within 100 feet of their aircraft.