Low civil flight over populated area in violation of FARS.

Attributes
ACN	208910
Time
Date	199205
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : cma
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 450 agl bound upper : 450
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ntd
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 900 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	208910
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Circling a friends house I lost too much altitude and got too low. I should have paid more close attention to my instruments and not on my friend. Poor judgement on my part.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOW CIVIL FLT OVER POPULATED AREA IN VIOLATION OF FARS.

Narrative: CIRCLING A FRIENDS HOUSE I LOST TOO MUCH ALT AND GOT TOO LOW. I SHOULD HAVE PAID MORE CLOSE ATTN TO MY INSTS AND NOT ON MY FRIEND. POOR JUDGEMENT ON MY PART.

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.