Helicopter pilot reported an near midair collision in the vicinity of 2o6 airport at night with an u...

Attributes
ACN	1369163
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	2O6.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3100 Flight Crew Type 3100
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 50

Narrative:

While inbound to chowchilla; ca airport (2o6); we noticed a very low flying airplane; without anti-collision lights on; approximately 3 miles to the west. This aircraft was making erratic maneuvers over the fields. Several CTAF radio calls from me to the aircraft resulted in no contact. We continued on our mission and landed at the airport without incident. Upon our departure on runway 30 we began our scan to find the aircraft that had not been making any radio calls in the area of the airport. After passing through 800 feet on upwind; I noticed; at the last second; an aircraft traveling in the opposite direction at nearly the same altitude. I needed to make an aggressive; evasive maneuver to the west. Even with this move; we narrowly missed this aircraft by less than 200 feet. I was only able to see them because of utilizing night vision goggles; due to the lack of exterior aircraft lighting in use. I only noticed the position lights; no tail number and no radio calls. After returning to base; we had a crew debrief; notified our dispatch center and remained out of service for stress concerns. No injuries were incurred and no damage to aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter pilot reported an NMAC in the vicinity of 2O6 airport at night with an unlit aircraft that was not communicating on CTAF frequency.

Narrative: While inbound to Chowchilla; CA airport (2O6); we noticed a very low flying airplane; without anti-collision lights on; approximately 3 miles to the west. This aircraft was making erratic maneuvers over the fields. Several CTAF radio calls from me to the aircraft resulted in no contact. We continued on our mission and landed at the airport without incident. Upon our departure on Runway 30 we began our scan to find the aircraft that had not been making any radio calls in the area of the airport. After passing through 800 feet on upwind; I noticed; at the last second; an aircraft traveling in the opposite direction at nearly the same altitude. I needed to make an aggressive; evasive maneuver to the west. Even with this move; we narrowly missed this aircraft by less than 200 feet. I was only able to see them because of utilizing night vision goggles; due to the lack of exterior aircraft lighting in use. I only noticed the position lights; no tail number and no radio calls. After returning to base; we had a crew debrief; notified our dispatch center and remained out of service for stress concerns. No injuries were incurred and no damage to aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Helicopter pilot reported an near midair collision in the vicinity of 2o6 airport at night with an unlit aircraft that was not communicating on CTAF frequency.