A helicopter pilot's report on a false crash report, perhaps of his aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	412350
Time
Date	199808
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : psb airport : zzz
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cvg
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : holding ground : holding landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 9 flight time total : 969 flight time type : 105
ASRS Report	412350
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Landed at private location to pick up passenger for local flight. Upon return to drop off passenger and pick up 2 more passenger for continued flight, encountered/observed unidented person requesting that I shut down. Due to flight planning, I elected not to stop at that time. I later found out that someone reported that a helicopter had crashed and was burning. Later on, I contacted the passenger that I picked up for local flight and was informed that an accident had been reported to state police (PA) and I was to call a PA state trooper (which I did) and reported that no accident had occurred and that someone in the neighborhood thought that a helicopter had crashed, but none had in fact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A HELI PLT'S RPT ON A FALSE CRASH RPT, PERHAPS OF HIS ACFT.

Narrative: LANDED AT PVT LOCATION TO PICK UP PAX FOR LCL FLT. UPON RETURN TO DROP OFF PAX AND PICK UP 2 MORE PAX FOR CONTINUED FLT, ENCOUNTERED/OBSERVED UNIDENTED PERSON REQUESTING THAT I SHUT DOWN. DUE TO FLT PLANNING, I ELECTED NOT TO STOP AT THAT TIME. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT SOMEONE RPTED THAT A HELI HAD CRASHED AND WAS BURNING. LATER ON, I CONTACTED THE PAX THAT I PICKED UP FOR LCL FLT AND WAS INFORMED THAT AN ACCIDENT HAD BEEN RPTED TO STATE POLICE (PA) AND I WAS TO CALL A PA STATE TROOPER (WHICH I DID) AND RPTED THAT NO ACCIDENT HAD OCCURRED AND THAT SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THOUGHT THAT A HELI HAD CRASHED, BUT NONE HAD IN FACT.

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.