SR20
Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Aircraft; Environment - Non Weather Related
I was on descent into Gainesville on final for Runway 5; I was approximately 400 feet above the ground and noticed what could've been a drone pass within about 300 feet of my left wing. At the time; I was under a very high task load because I was on short final preparing to land in an aircraft that is still very new to me so I was being extremely cautious to ensure all checklist items and what not were complete and maintaining the proper speeds altitudes and aircraft configurations. What I saw was out of the corner of my eye and I am not 100% sure that it was a drone and that is why I didn't make a report to ATC. I didn't put much thought into it because of being on short final. I continued the approach and landed under normal conditions. During the roll out; ATC issued nonstandard taxi directions so that occupied my mind and I didn't think much more of my encounter until well after the fact the next day when I was talking with another coworker about it. I would suggest just being more aware on short final and that low to the ground of any object that could potentially be a hazard to flight safety and to alert ATC to the issue even though I didn't know what the exact object was so that they knew and could warn other aircraft.
SR20 pilot reported NMAC with UAV while on approach.