<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1545378, May 2018

Helicopter pilot reported an unsafe situation involving reduced proximity to pedestrians and automobile traffic while operating into a public parking lot for a charity event.

Attributes
ACN	1545378
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Hiller Helicopter Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1900 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Aircraft was flown into a public park for a charity event. Permission was gained from all local authorities; who assured the pilot that adequate clearance would be present for the departure landing and start up and shutdown phases of flight.during take-off and landing numerous vehicles and personnel were in close proximity to the aircraft; and the parking lot that the aircraft was cleared to operate off was opened up for vehicular traffic. This created an unsafe situation with a loss of clearance between personnel and vehicles and the helicopter. At the immediate conclusion of the event; prior to the helicopter having the opportunity to depart the parking lot opened to the public and cars started parking in the vicinity of the helicopter.to prevent this in the future greater emphasis should be placed by all entities involved in keeping a sterile area for aircraft operation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter pilot reported an unsafe situation involving reduced proximity to pedestrians and automobile traffic while operating into a public parking lot for a charity event.

Narrative: Aircraft was flown into a public park for a charity event. Permission was gained from all local authorities; who assured the pilot that adequate clearance would be present for the departure landing and start up and shutdown phases of flight.During take-off and landing numerous vehicles and personnel were in close proximity to the aircraft; and the parking lot that the aircraft was cleared to operate off was opened up for vehicular traffic. This created an unsafe situation with a loss of clearance between personnel and vehicles and the helicopter. At the immediate conclusion of the event; prior to the helicopter having the opportunity to depart the parking lot opened to the public and cars started parking in the vicinity of the helicopter.To prevent this in the future greater emphasis should be placed by all entities involved in keeping a sterile area for aircraft operation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.