Penetrates army ammo dump that had been posted on local FBO board as restricted.

Attributes
ACN	174858
Time
Date	199104
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sut
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 500 msl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 600 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	174858
Person 2
Affiliation	government : military
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : military
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

*The army ammunition depot at sunny point put out a local request to avoid flying over their property. To my knowledge, this was a request for our voluntary cooperation to avoid this airspace. Over 1 month after the war in the middle east was over, I flew a sailor over his shipping port at sunny point to take pictures. When I returned to sut, the army was on the phone harrassing the FBO and trying to find the name of the pilot. I feel if the army was to temporary restrict an area that they should follow the procedures in far 91.137 and NOTAM the area so pilots know what's going on. Prior to the flight, we called FSS and they said there were no restrictions in the sunny point area. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: information was posted on the FBO bulletin board for lcls only. No reference to altitudes other than to avoid the area of the ammunition dump. Base is a permanent facility and the notice was posted when shipments to the far east began. Reporter was over the river only for pictures of the sailor's ship. Did not fly over the dump area. Feels the army should have used the established procedure of issuing a NOTAM.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PENETRATES ARMY AMMO DUMP THAT HAD BEEN POSTED ON LCL FBO BOARD AS RESTRICTED.

Narrative: *THE ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SUNNY POINT PUT OUT A LCL REQUEST TO AVOID FLYING OVER THEIR PROPERTY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR OUR VOLUNTARY COOPERATION TO AVOID THIS AIRSPACE. OVER 1 MONTH AFTER THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST WAS OVER, I FLEW A SAILOR OVER HIS SHIPPING PORT AT SUNNY POINT TO TAKE PICTURES. WHEN I RETURNED TO SUT, THE ARMY WAS ON THE PHONE HARRASSING THE FBO AND TRYING TO FIND THE NAME OF THE PLT. I FEEL IF THE ARMY WAS TO TEMPORARY RESTRICT AN AREA THAT THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE PROCS IN FAR 91.137 AND NOTAM THE AREA SO PLTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. PRIOR TO THE FLT, WE CALLED FSS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS IN THE SUNNY POINT AREA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: INFO WAS POSTED ON THE FBO BULLETIN BOARD FOR LCLS ONLY. NO REF TO ALTS OTHER THAN TO AVOID THE AREA OF THE AMMUNITION DUMP. BASE IS A PERMANENT FAC AND THE NOTICE WAS POSTED WHEN SHIPMENTS TO THE FAR EAST BEGAN. RPTR WAS OVER THE RIVER ONLY FOR PICTURES OF THE SAILOR'S SHIP. DID NOT FLY OVER THE DUMP AREA. FEELS THE ARMY SHOULD HAVE USED THE ESTABLISHED PROC OF ISSUING A NOTAM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.