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Attributes | |
ACN | 1324738 |
Time | |
Date | 201512 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | LVJ.Airport |
State Reference | TX |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Taxi |
Route In Use | Direct |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 2000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
On several occasions; I have witnessed near collisions between taxiing aircraft and people (usually kids) on dirt bikes and off-road vehicles on the taxiways and runways at pearland regional airport (lvj). The airport is entirely private property and those riding motorcycles and four-wheelers are probably coming in from the surrounding neighborhoods. Other pilots and I have reported these close calls to airport management and been told that they have no authority over trespassers and have refused to do anything about the danger. I have tried to talk to the riders to warn them about their behavior; but whenever I approach them; they speed off into the woods in the direction of the adjacent trailer park. As this problem continues to get worse; I fear that someone will ride into a spinning propeller resulting [in] a damaged airplane and probably a dead child.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A general aviation pilot reported several encounters with vehicles operating near aircraft at Pearland Regional Airport; a privately owned airport. The pilot is concerned for the safety of all persons involved but has been unable to gain the assistance of airport management.
Narrative: On several occasions; I have witnessed near collisions between taxiing aircraft and people (usually kids) on dirt bikes and off-road vehicles on the taxiways and runways at Pearland Regional Airport (LVJ). The airport is entirely private property and those riding motorcycles and four-wheelers are probably coming in from the surrounding neighborhoods. Other pilots and I have reported these close calls to airport management and been told that they have no authority over trespassers and have refused to do anything about the danger. I have tried to talk to the riders to warn them about their behavior; but whenever I approach them; they speed off into the woods in the direction of the adjacent trailer park. As this problem continues to get worse; I fear that someone will ride into a spinning propeller resulting [in] a damaged airplane and probably a dead child.
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