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Small aircraft helicopter aircraft collided with a sailboard mast during an aerial photo flight resulting in no injury to property or aircraft damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 243323 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199306 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 4s2 |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 7 agl bound upper : 700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lax |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 243323 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 unspecified : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Doing a photo shoot of hoodriver sailboards for a specific company. The sailboards we were low level to, were sailing for the company that hired us to do the photos so we tried to oblige them on the shoot. The altitudes we used ranged from 5-700 ft AGL. We would track across river along side of the sailboards to take photos because of the wind. Sometimes the sailboards would veer toward the helicopters. We had done this for about 3 1/2 hours with brakes off and on when on the last pass low level the sailboard veered toward the helicopter. I swung away but the main rotor blades contacted the top 3 inches of the sailboard mast. No damage to the blades but it did ding the top of the sailboard mast. No one was hurt and all parties concerned were ok with the situation. As we were hired by them they were actually very happy with it because it was on film.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA HELI ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SAILBOARD MAST DURING AN AERIAL PHOTO FLT RESULTING IN NO INJURY TO PROPERTY OR ACFT DAMAGE.
Narrative: DOING A PHOTO SHOOT OF HOODRIVER SAILBOARDS FOR A SPECIFIC COMPANY. THE SAILBOARDS WE WERE LOW LEVEL TO, WERE SAILING FOR THE COMPANY THAT HIRED US TO DO THE PHOTOS SO WE TRIED TO OBLIGE THEM ON THE SHOOT. THE ALTS WE USED RANGED FROM 5-700 FT AGL. WE WOULD TRACK ACROSS RIVER ALONG SIDE OF THE SAILBOARDS TO TAKE PHOTOS BECAUSE OF THE WIND. SOMETIMES THE SAILBOARDS WOULD VEER TOWARD THE HELIS. WE HAD DONE THIS FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 HRS WITH BRAKES OFF AND ON WHEN ON THE LAST PASS LOW LEVEL THE SAILBOARD VEERED TOWARD THE HELI. I SWUNG AWAY BUT THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE TOP 3 INCHES OF THE SAILBOARD MAST. NO DAMAGE TO THE BLADES BUT IT DID DING THE TOP OF THE SAILBOARD MAST. NO ONE WAS HURT AND ALL PARTIES CONCERNED WERE OK WITH THE SIT. AS WE WERE HIRED BY THEM THEY WERE ACTUALLY VERY HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE IT WAS ON FILM.
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.