Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80; Flight Crew Total 2800
Distraction; Situational Awareness
Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict NMAC; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Airspace Structure; Environment - Non Weather Related
Near midair collision with a personal 'drone' remotely piloted aerial vehicle; roughly 18' square in size. Occurred on the SCBBY2 arrival; TAKOE TSN for RWY 26R; at 6;000 feet MSL; 3.5nm East of KALEA Intersection. FO (First Officer) was pilot flying and picked up tally off the nose inside .5 nm; low-hi; rapidly moving from right to left. Jumpseater also gained visual situational awareness at the left cockpit window #2. Both FO and Jumpseater estimate the drone passed less than 50 feet in elevation from the left wing and certainly within the lateral wingspan distance of the aircraft; which confirmed the visual ID of a drone vs. a bird. Captain was pilot monitoring and did not see the drone but reported location; altitude; time; and general description to SoCal Approach moments after the incident with the information FO passed to him. We continued the approach to land without incident.
Air carrier Captain reported an NMAC with a UAV in SCT airspace.