State police accuse C172 pilot of low flying in the vicinity of I-75. Reporter denies it.

Attributes
ACN	353870
Time
Date	199611
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hao
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Operator	other
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
ASRS Report	353870
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Upon landing at hao airport, the dispatcher said the ohio state police had called asking if one of several aircraft call numbers belonged to the hao FBO. The dispatcher replied affirmative to one of the numbers, the plane I was flying at the time. The state police claimed that they were doing traffic monitoring over I-75 and that this tail number aircraft was flying below them in a careless manner, causing them to take evasive action. I told the airport FBO manager that the state police had misread the tail number. I was not in the area of the alleged incident, had flown to hookfield (mwo) for touch-and-go lndgs, and was never below 2500 ft MSL (2000 ft AGL) during cruise. Because it was possible that this officer may choose to file an incident report, with an erroneous assumed tail number, I am filing this report to protect myself.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: STATE POLICE ACCUSE C172 PLT OF LOW FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF I-75. RPTR DENIES IT.

Narrative: UPON LNDG AT HAO ARPT, THE DISPATCHER SAID THE OHIO STATE POLICE HAD CALLED ASKING IF ONE OF SEVERAL ACFT CALL NUMBERS BELONGED TO THE HAO FBO. THE DISPATCHER REPLIED AFFIRMATIVE TO ONE OF THE NUMBERS, THE PLANE I WAS FLYING AT THE TIME. THE STATE POLICE CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE DOING TFC MONITORING OVER I-75 AND THAT THIS TAIL NUMBER ACFT WAS FLYING BELOW THEM IN A CARELESS MANNER, CAUSING THEM TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. I TOLD THE ARPT FBO MGR THAT THE STATE POLICE HAD MISREAD THE TAIL NUMBER. I WAS NOT IN THE AREA OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, HAD FLOWN TO HOOKFIELD (MWO) FOR TOUCH-AND-GO LNDGS, AND WAS NEVER BELOW 2500 FT MSL (2000 FT AGL) DURING CRUISE. BECAUSE IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THIS OFFICER MAY CHOOSE TO FILE AN INCIDENT RPT, WITH AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMED TAIL NUMBER, I AM FILING THIS RPT TO PROTECT MYSELF.

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.