Low altitude civil operation in a PA28-161. Violation of FARS in-flight over buildings or persons.

Attributes
ACN	353640
Time
Date	199611
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : c09
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 585 flight time type : 35
ASRS Report	353640
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Participating in a flying club activity and may have gone below the separation of 500 ft over building or persons in non populated area (approximately 8-10 NM from morris, il, airport) over some farm buildings and machinery. Fixation on a point on the ground caused inattn to altitude. More careful attention to instrument scan could have prevented this situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LOW ALT CIVIL OP IN A PA28-161. VIOLATION OF FARS INFLT OVER BUILDINGS OR PERSONS.

Narrative: PARTICIPATING IN A FLYING CLUB ACTIVITY AND MAY HAVE GONE BELOW THE SEPARATION OF 500 FT OVER BUILDING OR PERSONS IN NON POPULATED AREA (APPROX 8-10 NM FROM MORRIS, IL, ARPT) OVER SOME FARM BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY. FIXATION ON A POINT ON THE GND CAUSED INATTN TO ALT. MORE CAREFUL ATTN TO INST SCAN COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS SIT.

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.