Mt helicopter violation of aiy noise procedure.

Attributes
ACN	100514
Time
Date	198812
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : aiy
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : aiy
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10300 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	100514
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence other
Independent Detector	other controllera other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Aaerial photo filming flight of 2 helicopters for 3 days, one ship the photo platform, my ship the subject ship. 3 days of aerial photo flts in penn, nj areas. Altitudes maintained above 300 ft. Flight was down beach over water, abeam venice, turned left to fly west, advised tower (who knows position) and as flying over homes to clear area (400-600 ft AGL), advised tower who then said could not approve (too late!). Tower said no problem-that's the way it is (referring to folks on ground) but approach control said phones rang off the hook! Flight in venice was last min decision. Was not aware of noise abatement program. I should have asked as I normally do, but allowed aaerial photographer to pressure me into flight direction, after 3 days of 'sitting on top' of him in effort to maintain some control over the program. Bad call on my part!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MT HELICOPTER VIOLATION OF AIY NOISE PROC.

Narrative: AAERIAL PHOTO FILMING FLT OF 2 HELIS FOR 3 DAYS, ONE SHIP THE PHOTO PLATFORM, MY SHIP THE SUBJECT SHIP. 3 DAYS OF AERIAL PHOTO FLTS IN PENN, NJ AREAS. ALTS MAINTAINED ABOVE 300 FT. FLT WAS DOWN BEACH OVER WATER, ABEAM VENICE, TURNED L TO FLY W, ADVISED TWR (WHO KNOWS POS) AND AS FLYING OVER HOMES TO CLR AREA (400-600 FT AGL), ADVISED TWR WHO THEN SAID COULD NOT APPROVE (TOO LATE!). TWR SAID NO PROB-THAT'S THE WAY IT IS (REFERRING TO FOLKS ON GND) BUT APCH CTL SAID PHONES RANG OFF THE HOOK! FLT IN VENICE WAS LAST MIN DECISION. WAS NOT AWARE OF NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED AS I NORMALLY DO, BUT ALLOWED AAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER TO PRESSURE ME INTO FLT DIRECTION, AFTER 3 DAYS OF 'SITTING ON TOP' OF HIM IN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN SOME CTL OVER THE PROGRAM. BAD CALL ON MY PART!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.