Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Private
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 57; Flight Crew Total 622; Flight Crew Type 330
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification
Human Factors; Procedure; Environment - Non Weather Related
Flying in level cruise flight at 7000 feet; on a heading of 060; at 155 Kts IAS; 10 miles NE of JFK; we spot a small white object ahead; slightly below; and to the right of our plane. We are closing fast yet clearly saw that it was a drone/white quadcopter with a white light. When we passed the drone (approximately 5-10 seconds later); it was 100 feet horizontally from our right wing and 50 feet below us. We were unable to tell the direction it was flying. It was clearly a close call. We notified JFK Approach; he warned other aircraft in the area; and gave us a number to call upon landing.
A small aircraft pilot in cruise at 7;000 ft 10 miles northeast of JFK reported a near miss with a UAV.