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Attributes | |
ACN | 1033128 |
Time | |
Date | 201208 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | RV-7 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Person 1 | |
Function | Observer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Total 5600 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Miss Distance | Vertical 10 |
Narrative:
While riding the mower to cut grass at our local runway of 2;400 ft; I was mowing west and about 400 ft from the west end; when an aircraft passed over the top of me by about 10 ft while doing a low pass. As soon as he passed overhead and my heart rate was back to normal I moved to the side of the runway to allow him the entire runway to land. My neighbor observed the entire thing from his vantage point; which we will call the maintenance hangar approximately 1;800 ft to the east of my location. This is not the first time this pilot has used his aircraft to intimidate residents. About eight months ago I heard him pass over the house while returning from a trip. It was dark and he had turned the lights on. I stood at the end of my concrete ramp; on my property to watch him land. He passed in front of me and stopped with a hard turn in and then at a high power setting; pointed his aircraft at me; while I stood on my property; accelerated and at the last moment; turned to parallel the runway en route to his hangar. It is my opinion that this man is dangerous and action must be taken against him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot observer reported an RV was flying unsafely near a residential airport at a low altitude on more than one occasion.
Narrative: While riding the mower to cut grass at our local runway of 2;400 FT; I was mowing west and about 400 FT from the west end; when an aircraft passed over the top of me by about 10 FT while doing a low pass. As soon as he passed overhead and my heart rate was back to normal I moved to the side of the runway to allow him the entire runway to land. My neighbor observed the entire thing from his vantage point; which we will call the maintenance hangar approximately 1;800 FT to the east of my location. This is not the first time this pilot has used his aircraft to intimidate residents. About eight months ago I heard him pass over the house while returning from a trip. It was dark and he had turned the lights on. I stood at the end of my concrete ramp; on my property to watch him land. He passed in front of me and stopped with a hard turn in and then at a high power setting; pointed his aircraft at me; while I stood on my property; accelerated and at the last moment; turned to parallel the runway en route to his hangar. It is my opinion that this man is dangerous and action must be taken against him.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.