An small aircraft aircraft flies a photo mission over a high school close by chd, az. Tower local controller feels aircraft was flying too low and has an ATC pilot review.

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Attributes
ACN	383039
Time
Date	199710
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : chd
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : chd
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	383039
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

A photo mission near a new local high school was underway. Chd tower requested my altitude which I replied. Upon return to land at chd the tower operator advised me to contact him on the phone. I contacted aviation group legal services, and a local aviation lawyer. My lawyer did the first contact and negotiated a face-to-face meeting with chd tower manager. My lawyer advised me to eat humble pie, admit nothing as I will be on the record. I ultimately walked away from the meeting with the nearly completed FAA form 8020-17 preliminary pilot deviation report. I observed his equipment set up and being used to transcribe the tower tape onto an audio cassette to document the report. Tower agreed not to proceed with further action. His opinion was that I was flying at an unsafe low altitude. I believe my flight path and altitudes were in compliance with current FARS over sparse populated area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA ACFT FLIES A PHOTO MISSION OVER A HIGH SCHOOL CLOSE BY CHD, AZ. TWR LCL CTLR FEELS ACFT WAS FLYING TOO LOW AND HAS AN ATC PLT REVIEW.

Narrative: A PHOTO MISSION NEAR A NEW LCL HIGH SCHOOL WAS UNDERWAY. CHD TWR REQUESTED MY ALT WHICH I REPLIED. UPON RETURN TO LAND AT CHD THE TWR OPERATOR ADVISED ME TO CONTACT HIM ON THE PHONE. I CONTACTED AVIATION GROUP LEGAL SVCS, AND A LCL AVIATION LAWYER. MY LAWYER DID THE FIRST CONTACT AND NEGOTIATED A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH CHD TWR MGR. MY LAWYER ADVISED ME TO EAT HUMBLE PIE, ADMIT NOTHING AS I WILL BE ON THE RECORD. I ULTIMATELY WALKED AWAY FROM THE MEETING WITH THE NEARLY COMPLETED FAA FORM 8020-17 PRELIMINARY PLTDEV RPT. I OBSERVED HIS EQUIP SET UP AND BEING USED TO TRANSCRIBE THE TWR TAPE ONTO AN AUDIO CASSETTE TO DOCUMENT THE RPT. TWR AGREED NOT TO PROCEED WITH FURTHER ACTION. HIS OPINION WAS THAT I WAS FLYING AT AN UNSAFE LOW ALT. I BELIEVE MY FLT PATH AND ALTS WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT FARS OVER SPARSE POPULATED 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.