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Uav pilot discovered after the fact that he flew within 4 NM of a private airport. He believes that if the FAA is going to require notification to private airports a source of contact information needs to be available. There does not seem to be a good way to find contact information for private airports.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1386746 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | 61VA.Airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I misread the distance from the location of my hobbyist uas training flight and was about 4 miles from high view airport; a private; non-towered airport in northern virginia; approximately 10 nm south of mrb. I had tried to contact the owner of the airport previously in order to discuss contacting him if need be and never received a response from him. There are actually two other private airports in the immediate vicinity of high view; but they are not charted on the washington sectional. They are actually busier than high view which sees very little activity. None of the three have more than 1 or two flights per week that I can tell. I went back to the area I flew and used the B4UFly app and discovered my measurement error.there does not seem to be a good way to find contact information for private airports. None appear in the FAA's chart supplement book (formerly airport facility directory) and I cannot find contact info on web based programs like foreflight. If the FAA is going to require notification of private airports (as this showed up on B4UFly); we need a source of contact information. I just happened to know the owner of high view and as stated before had tried unsuccessfully to contact him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UAV pilot discovered after the fact that he flew within 4 NM of a private airport. He believes that if the FAA is going to require notification to private airports a source of contact information needs to be available. There does not seem to be a good way to find contact information for private airports.
Narrative: I misread the distance from the location of my hobbyist UAS training flight and was about 4 miles from High View Airport; a private; non-towered airport in northern Virginia; approximately 10 nm south of MRB. I had tried to contact the owner of the airport previously in order to discuss contacting him if need be and never received a response from him. There are actually two other private airports in the immediate vicinity of High View; but they are not charted on the Washington Sectional. They are actually busier than High View which sees very little activity. None of the three have more than 1 or two flights per week that I can tell. I went back to the area I flew and used the B4UFly app and discovered my measurement error.There does not seem to be a good way to find contact information for private airports. None appear in the FAA's Chart Supplement book (formerly Airport Facility Directory) and I cannot find contact info on web based programs like ForeFlight. If the FAA is going to require notification of private airports (as this showed up on B4UFly); we need a source of contact information. I just happened to know the owner of High View and as stated before had tried unsuccessfully to contact him.
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