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A pilot flying out of rdd complained that because the land surrounding the airport is farming acreage; wild life interfere with flight operations and bales of stacked hay are a hazard to low flying aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 909354 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RDD.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 7100 Flight Crew Type 390 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
The city appears to be leasing the airport property to local farmers. Believe that these crops are grain. Crops have attracted large numbers of large birds and deer (canadian geese among others) to live and develop the approach end of runway 16 as habitat. These animals take flight when the rotor approaches creating a hazard. The farmers also stack bales in large rectangles approximately 80 ft long and 10 ft tall. These bale stacks appear suddenly and are on the rotors approach corridor creating a hazard.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot flying out of RDD complained that because the land surrounding the airport is farming acreage; wild life interfere with flight operations and bales of stacked hay are a hazard to low flying aircraft.
Narrative: The city appears to be leasing the airport property to local farmers. Believe that these crops are grain. Crops have attracted large numbers of large birds and deer (Canadian Geese among others) to live and develop the approach end of Runway 16 as habitat. These animals take flight when the rotor approaches creating a hazard. The farmers also stack bales in large rectangles approximately 80 FT long and 10 FT tall. These bale stacks appear suddenly and are on the rotors approach corridor creating a hazard.
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.