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Pilot of a stearman flew 100 ft over the airport ramp area to show his passenger the airport. The airport manager did not like what he observed and gave the reporter an hour counseling session after the flight. It was an uncontrolled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336244 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cdn |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 51 flight time total : 9850 flight time type : 7 |
| ASRS Report | 336244 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was flying my stearman at camden near sunset with no one in the area. I was on unicom frequency 123.0. No one was on the flight ramp either. I made a low approach to runway 6 then proceeded to fly about 100 ft AGL over the ramp to show my out of town guest the airport. I then pulled the nose up about 20 degrees and turned toward downwind to land. The airport manager confronted me and said not to do this again which I will not. I thought uncontrolled airports offered much more freedom than that. I announced my intentions on unicom. I had about a 1 hour discussion with the manager about what was acceptable and what was not. I truly am sorry and it won't happen again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A STEARMAN FLEW 100 FT OVER THE ARPT RAMP AREA TO SHOW HIS PAX THE ARPT. THE ARPT MGR DID NOT LIKE WHAT HE OBSERVED AND GAVE THE RPTR AN HR COUNSELING SESSION AFTER THE FLT. IT WAS AN UNCTLED ARPT.
Narrative: I WAS FLYING MY STEARMAN AT CAMDEN NEAR SUNSET WITH NO ONE IN THE AREA. I WAS ON UNICOM FREQ 123.0. NO ONE WAS ON THE FLT RAMP EITHER. I MADE A LOW APCH TO RWY 6 THEN PROCEEDED TO FLY ABOUT 100 FT AGL OVER THE RAMP TO SHOW MY OUT OF TOWN GUEST THE ARPT. I THEN PULLED THE NOSE UP ABOUT 20 DEGS AND TURNED TOWARD DOWNWIND TO LAND. THE ARPT MGR CONFRONTED ME AND SAID NOT TO DO THIS AGAIN WHICH I WILL NOT. I THOUGHT UNCTLED ARPTS OFFERED MUCH MORE FREEDOM THAN THAT. I ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON UNICOM. I HAD ABOUT A 1 HR DISCUSSION WITH THE MGR ABOUT WHAT WAS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT WAS NOT. I TRULY AM SORRY AND IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
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.