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Pilot reported being under pressure and flew a ferry flight without proper documentation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1763155 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Rotorcraft |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 8450 Flight Crew Type 5600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Our helicopter's annual expired the last day of month. The closest maintenance facility was closed for flights due to the covid pandemic. On [date] we requested a special flight permit (sfp) to the FAA for a ferry flight to be conducted 5 days later. This was the first time I have done this type of application. The FAA takes time to process these applications and I became anxious; thinking the owner would not like [it] if we continued to delay the helicopter's maintenance. So; I made the decision to continue the flight 5 days later; although the sfp was pending. I let a non-existent external pressure influence my decision to conduct the ferry flight. The helicopter was in perfect condition; but I realized that it was a mistake and should have waited for the FAA sfp response to conduct the flight. I believe more training on CRM and aeronautical decision making and far knowledge will help me deter these types of situations in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported being under pressure and flew a ferry flight without proper documentation.
Narrative: Our helicopter's annual expired the last day of Month. The closest maintenance facility was closed for flights due to the COVID pandemic. On [date] we requested a special flight permit (SFP) to the FAA for a ferry flight to be conducted 5 days later. This was the first time I have done this type of application. The FAA takes time to process these applications and I became anxious; thinking the owner would not like [it] if we continued to delay the helicopter's maintenance. So; I made the decision to continue the flight 5 days later; although the SFP was pending. I let a non-existent external pressure influence my decision to conduct the ferry flight. The helicopter was in perfect condition; but I realized that it was a mistake and should have waited for the FAA SFP response to conduct the flight. I believe more training on CRM and aeronautical decision making and FAR knowledge will help me deter these types of situations in the future.
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.