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Pilot reported a near midair collision with a helicopter at snh airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1742326 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SNH.Airport |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 1600 Flight Crew Type 290 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical |
Narrative:
Immediately after landing on runway 01 at snh; and clearing the runway onto the taxiway; a helicopter flew directly overhead my aircraft at an altitude of 40 to 50 feet. I was both shocked and surprised by the close call of the helicopter appearing out of nowhere.I had flown a straight in visual approach to runway 01. I made all of the required voice calls as prescribed for operations at a non-towered airport.I did not hear any other airplanes reporting to be in the vicinity of snh. I was transmitting and receiving on 122.8; CTAF for the airport and had an operable radio.I can only surmise that the helicopter had me in sight throughout my approach; and based on his closeness to me after my landing; he may have followed me down throughout my approach and landing.the helicopter did not land after his low approach; and apparently left the area. Therefore; I was not able to address the situation with the pilot and resolve the close call. It remains a mystery to me as to what intentions the pilot of the helicopter had in mind to closely fly near a light sport airplane during its approach and landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported a NMAC with a helicopter at SNH airport.
Narrative: Immediately after landing on Runway 01 at SNH; and clearing the runway onto the taxiway; a helicopter flew directly overhead my aircraft at an altitude of 40 to 50 feet. I was both shocked and surprised by the close call of the helicopter appearing out of nowhere.I had flown a straight in visual approach to Runway 01. I made all of the required voice calls as prescribed for operations at a non-towered airport.I did not hear any other airplanes reporting to be in the vicinity of SNH. I was transmitting and receiving on 122.8; CTAF for the airport and had an operable radio.I can only surmise that the helicopter had me in sight throughout my approach; and based on his closeness to me after my landing; he may have followed me down throughout my approach and landing.The helicopter did not land after his low approach; and apparently left the area. Therefore; I was not able to address the situation with the pilot and resolve the close call. It remains a mystery to me as to what intentions the pilot of the helicopter had in mind to closely fly near a light sport airplane during its approach and landing.
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.