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Attributes | |
ACN | 82077 |
Time | |
Date | 198802 |
Day | Fri |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : 7r1 |
State Reference | LA |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 700 msl bound upper : 700 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Helicopter |
Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Operator | other |
Make Model Name | Fighter |
Flight Phase | cruise other |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5700 flight time type : 400 |
ASRS Report | 82077 |
Person 2 | |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : military |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 vertical : 500 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Fgt aircraft were operating high speed, low level flight operations in the vicinity of the us navy aircraft carrier transiting northwest up the mississippi river from 300' AGL to 1500' AGL. As I took off from heliport venice, la, departing on an easterly heading, 2 fgt flew along side the carrier southeast/northwest heading and abruptly pulled up and into my flight path. These aircraft made numerous low level, high speed passes west/O using the CTAF to advise the many helicopter's operating in the vicinity of venice, la. While the flight demonstration was impressive, it also was very unprofessional to operate high performance aircraft at altitudes and airspace normally occupied with an abundance of aircraft as noted in alert area 381, especially west/O utilizing the CTAF assigned. This incident can be further verified by talking with the atx communications specialists on duty at this time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HELICOPTER HAD CONFLICT WITH FGT ACFT WHO WERE MAKING HIGH SPEED PASSES FOLLOWED BY PULLUPS.
Narrative: FGT ACFT WERE OPERATING HIGH SPD, LOW LEVEL FLT OPS IN THE VICINITY OF THE U.S. NAVY ACFT CARRIER TRANSITING NW UP THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 300' AGL TO 1500' AGL. AS I TOOK OFF FROM HELIPORT VENICE, LA, DEPARTING ON AN EASTERLY HDG, 2 FGT FLEW ALONG SIDE THE CARRIER SE/NW HDG AND ABRUPTLY PULLED UP AND INTO MY FLT PATH. THESE ACFT MADE NUMEROUS LOW LEVEL, HIGH SPD PASSES W/O USING THE CTAF TO ADVISE THE MANY HELI'S OPERATING IN THE VICINITY OF VENICE, LA. WHILE THE FLT DEMO WAS IMPRESSIVE, IT ALSO WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL TO OPERATE HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT AT ALTS AND AIRSPACE NORMALLY OCCUPIED WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF ACFT AS NOTED IN ALERT AREA 381, ESPECIALLY W/O UTILIZING THE CTAF ASSIGNED. THIS INCIDENT CAN BE FURTHER VERIFIED BY TALKING WITH THE ATX COMS SPECIALISTS ON DUTY AT THIS TIME.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.