C310R pilot reported an near midair collision with a helicopter on a visual approach to hwo.

Attributes
ACN	1317389
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	HWO.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 310/T310C
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 5500 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 75 Vertical 50

Narrative:

I was given vector to final for the RNAV 10R approach circle to land 19R. 5 miles from 10R I switched to north perry tower. Field was in sight and I was in VMC conditions. The tower told me to make right traffic at my discretion and cleared to land on 19R. On my base turn to 19R the tower asked me to tighten my base turn to stay inside his airspace; which was not an issue. During my base to final turn to 19R; I noticed a helicopter flying east to west just past 19L. The helicopter continued towards 19R and made a turn south like he was landing on 19R. I questioned the tower asking about the helicopter. Tower said the helicopter was landing on the ramp and would not be a factor. The helicopter came to a hover just off the end of 19R on the center line. I made a hard right turn to avoid the helicopter and was able to go around the helicopter and land without incident. Once landing; I asked for a number to contact the tower. I called and spoke to the controller; who said their ramp was east of 19R and east of bravo so they should not have been over the runway. The controller did not seem to understand how close I came to colliding with the helicopter. With the helicopter ramp being so close to 19R; I do not feel it is safe to issue a clearance for the helicopter to land to the ramp with an aircraft landing on 19R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C310R pilot reported an NMAC with a helicopter on a visual approach to HWO.

Narrative: I was given vector to final for the RNAV 10R approach circle to land 19R. 5 miles from 10R I switched to North Perry Tower. Field was in sight and I was in VMC conditions. The Tower told me to make right traffic at my discretion and cleared to land on 19R. On my base turn to 19R the Tower asked me to tighten my base turn to stay inside his airspace; which was not an issue. During my base to final turn to 19R; I noticed a helicopter flying east to west just past 19L. The helicopter continued towards 19R and made a turn south like he was landing on 19R. I questioned the Tower asking about the helicopter. Tower said the helicopter was landing on the ramp and would not be a factor. The helicopter came to a hover just off the end of 19R on the center line. I made a hard right turn to avoid the helicopter and was able to go around the helicopter and land without incident. Once landing; I asked for a number to contact the Tower. I called and spoke to the controller; who said their ramp was east of 19R and east of Bravo so they should not have been over the runway. The controller did not seem to understand how close I came to colliding with the helicopter. With the helicopter ramp being so close to 19R; I do not feel it is safe to issue a clearance for the helicopter to land to the ramp with an aircraft landing on 19R.

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