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Near midair collision between a helicopter shooting a movie scene of an automatic chase and another helicopter coming directly at the photo helicopter after stocking for sometime. There were no communications between helicopters.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 268275 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199404 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tul |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 268275 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was flying a news gathering helicopter in uncontrolled airspace filming a car chase involving about 50 patrol cars. I observed another black helicopter apparently attempting to film the chase scene also. I informed my observer and camera man of the other helicopter. I directed the observer seated in the front seat to always maintain visual contact with the black helicopter. At one point during the chase, the black helicopter turned towards my helicopter and my observer yelled 'he's trying to ram us.' I made an emergency turn to avoid the black helicopter. This situation could have been avoided if the pilot of the black helicopter would talk and listen on the common advisory frequency used by helicopter operators in the tulsa area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN A HELI SHOOTING A MOVIE SCENE OF AN AUTO CHASE AND ANOTHER HELI COMING DIRECTLY AT THE PHOTO HELI AFTER STOCKING FOR SOMETIME. THERE WERE NO COMS BTWN HELIS.
Narrative: I WAS FLYING A NEWS GATHERING HELI IN UNCTLED AIRSPACE FILMING A CAR CHASE INVOLVING ABOUT 50 PATROL CARS. I OBSERVED ANOTHER BLACK HELI APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO FILM THE CHASE SCENE ALSO. I INFORMED MY OBSERVER AND CAMERA MAN OF THE OTHER HELI. I DIRECTED THE OBSERVER SEATED IN THE FRONT SEAT TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE BLACK HELI. AT ONE POINT DURING THE CHASE, THE BLACK HELI TURNED TOWARDS MY HELI AND MY OBSERVER YELLED 'HE'S TRYING TO RAM US.' I MADE AN EMER TURN TO AVOID THE BLACK HELI. THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE PLT OF THE BLACK HELI WOULD TALK AND LISTEN ON THE COMMON ADVISORY FREQ USED BY HELI OPERATORS IN THE TULSA AREA.
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.