Narrative:

Part 91 aerobatic training/thrill ride. Normal briefing of passenger, taxi, takeoff, and route of flight. Problem arose returning from a sightseeing point of the flight in transition to landing 61B. Aircraft being flown is extra 300L. Approximately 2.5-3 mi north and west of the airport I started the smoke system and began dispensing white smoke around the lateral boundaries of the traffic pattern approximately 3500 ft MSL, 500 ft above standard traffic pattern at 61B. Flying around traffic pattern with smoke on, I entered an overhead approach to landing runway 27L. Descending to 3200 ft MSL on the initial, I observed a high wing cessna aircraft taxi position and hold runway 27L. I didn't see the hold portion as I was above him. I made normal approach and landing with smoke off after the turn to downwind. 3 days later, I spoke with a good friend that was contacted by the FAA as to an extra using careless and reckless behavior, disrupting the flow of traffic in a normal traffic pattern. Operating below MSA's, in reference I imagine to smoke being dispensed, and aerobatic maneuvers below the lateral boundaries of class B and east airspace. I know of no rule whatsoever to prevent smoke from being used in the traffic pattern in an airplane without a landing light, nor have I found anything in the far/aim that prevents overhead approachs to landing at an uncontrolled airfield. The aircraft is capable of doing the most extreme of unlimited aerobatic maneuvers, but is a properly executed overhead aerobatic? Is it illegal to commence with an overhead if an airplane is taxied to position and hold? What is operating too close in an overhead?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DAYS AFTER FLYING AN OVERHEAD MANEUVER TO A LNDG, AN EXTRA 300L PLT FINDS THAT THERE HAS BEEN QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF HIS ARR AT 61B, NV.

Narrative: PART 91 AEROBATIC TRAINING/THRILL RIDE. NORMAL BRIEFING OF PAX, TAXI, TKOF, AND RTE OF FLT. PROB AROSE RETURNING FROM A SIGHTSEEING POINT OF THE FLT IN TRANSITION TO LNDG 61B. ACFT BEING FLOWN IS EXTRA 300L. APPROX 2.5-3 MI N AND W OF THE ARPT I STARTED THE SMOKE SYS AND BEGAN DISPENSING WHITE SMOKE AROUND THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES OF THE TFC PATTERN APPROX 3500 FT MSL, 500 FT ABOVE STANDARD TFC PATTERN AT 61B. FLYING AROUND TFC PATTERN WITH SMOKE ON, I ENTERED AN OVERHEAD APCH TO LNDG RWY 27L. DSNDING TO 3200 FT MSL ON THE INITIAL, I OBSERVED A HIGH WING CESSNA ACFT TAXI POS AND HOLD RWY 27L. I DIDN'T SEE THE HOLD PORTION AS I WAS ABOVE HIM. I MADE NORMAL APCH AND LNDG WITH SMOKE OFF AFTER THE TURN TO DOWNWIND. 3 DAYS LATER, I SPOKE WITH A GOOD FRIEND THAT WAS CONTACTED BY THE FAA AS TO AN EXTRA USING CARELESS AND RECKLESS BEHAVIOR, DISRUPTING THE FLOW OF TFC IN A NORMAL TFC PATTERN. OPERATING BELOW MSA'S, IN REF I IMAGINE TO SMOKE BEING DISPENSED, AND AEROBATIC MANEUVERS BELOW THE LATERAL BOUNDARIES OF CLASS B AND E AIRSPACE. I KNOW OF NO RULE WHATSOEVER TO PREVENT SMOKE FROM BEING USED IN THE TFC PATTERN IN AN AIRPLANE WITHOUT A LNDG LIGHT, NOR HAVE I FOUND ANYTHING IN THE FAR/AIM THAT PREVENTS OVERHEAD APCHS TO LNDG AT AN UNCTLED AIRFIELD. THE ACFT IS CAPABLE OF DOING THE MOST EXTREME OF UNLIMITED AEROBATIC MANEUVERS, BUT IS A PROPERLY EXECUTED OVERHEAD AEROBATIC? IS IT ILLEGAL TO COMMENCE WITH AN OVERHEAD IF AN AIRPLANE IS TAXIED TO POS AND HOLD? WHAT IS OPERATING TOO CLOSE IN AN OVERHEAD?

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.