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Public complaint of airport manager's improper use of airport unicom in advising pilot of a pitts aircraft pilot that his rate of takeoff climb was excessive and therefore considered aerobatic flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 423640 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : x59 |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Christen (& Pitts) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer |
| ASRS Report | 423640 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government other |
| Function | oversight : airport manager |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Airport manager at this uncontrolled airport (X59) over the unicom (123.00) accused the pilot of a pitts aircraft of acrobatic flight when the pilot did a takeoff in which the airport manager considered to be an excessive rate of climb. This appears to be improper use of unicom by airport manager and is a continuing problem at this airport. Correction of situation could be accomplished by removal of this airport manager.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PUBLIC COMPLAINT OF ARPT MGR'S IMPROPER USE OF ARPT UNICOM IN ADVISING PLT OF A PITTS ACFT PLT THAT HIS RATE OF TKOF CLB WAS EXCESSIVE AND THEREFORE CONSIDERED AEROBATIC FLT.
Narrative: ARPT MGR AT THIS UNCTLED ARPT (X59) OVER THE UNICOM (123.00) ACCUSED THE PLT OF A PITTS ACFT OF ACROBATIC FLT WHEN THE PLT DID A TKOF IN WHICH THE ARPT MGR CONSIDERED TO BE AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF CLB. THIS APPEARS TO BE IMPROPER USE OF UNICOM BY ARPT MGR AND IS A CONTINUING PROB AT THIS ARPT. CORRECTION OF SIT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY REMOVAL OF THIS ARPT MGR.
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.