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A helicopter pilot hovering while supervising an oil spill had a near miss with an aircraft not monitoring either the flight following or the oil rig frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 867097 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Other Hovering |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 296 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While hovering over an oil spill; I had a near miss. I noticed the aircraft above me. There was no radio contact between the aircraft. I was monitoring my flight following frequency on one radio and the platform frequency on the other radio.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A helicopter pilot hovering while supervising an oil spill had a near miss with an aircraft not monitoring either the flight following or the oil rig frequency.
Narrative: While hovering over an oil spill; I had a near miss. I noticed the aircraft above me. There was no radio contact between the aircraft. I was monitoring my flight following frequency on one radio and the platform frequency on the other radio.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.