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Out of currency, open air, ultra-light pilot hornswaggles airline pilot friend into riding as passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 141841 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199004 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : scd |
| State Reference | AL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer observation : passenger |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 0 |
| ASRS Report | 141841 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was invited by a friend to go for a ride in his homebuilt experimental aircraft. This aircraft is an open cockpit, open cabin machine. The aircraft had a tandem seat confign. There were only flight controls in the front seat and not the back. I was a little reluctant to fly at first because of the lack of flight controls in the rear seat. My friend took off from scd heading north toward the childerburg/desoto caverns area to go sightseeing. The only problem was he only climbed to 300' AGL. I was not able to talk to him because of the wind and engine noise. Later we landed back at the airport. After landing he said that was his first landing in well over 90 days, but said that he was legal because I was a current pilot. I thought no, we were not legal, because he was PIC, not me--and besides, his flying technique was not at all as I would have flown. Additionally I had no flight controls and could not communicate with him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: OUT OF CURRENCY, OPEN AIR, ULTRA-LIGHT PLT HORNSWAGGLES AIRLINE PLT FRIEND INTO RIDING AS PASSENGER.
Narrative: I WAS INVITED BY A FRIEND TO GO FOR A RIDE IN HIS HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL ACFT. THIS ACFT IS AN OPEN COCKPIT, OPEN CABIN MACHINE. THE ACFT HAD A TANDEM SEAT CONFIGN. THERE WERE ONLY FLT CONTROLS IN THE FRONT SEAT AND NOT THE BACK. I WAS A LITTLE RELUCTANT TO FLY AT FIRST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF FLT CONTROLS IN THE REAR SEAT. MY FRIEND TOOK OFF FROM SCD HDG N TOWARD THE CHILDERBURG/DESOTO CAVERNS AREA TO GO SIGHTSEEING. THE ONLY PROB WAS HE ONLY CLBED TO 300' AGL. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TALK TO HIM BECAUSE OF THE WIND AND ENG NOISE. LATER WE LANDED BACK AT THE ARPT. AFTER LNDG HE SAID THAT WAS HIS FIRST LNDG IN WELL OVER 90 DAYS, BUT SAID THAT HE WAS LEGAL BECAUSE I WAS A CURRENT PLT. I THOUGHT NO, WE WERE NOT LEGAL, BECAUSE HE WAS PIC, NOT ME--AND BESIDES, HIS FLYING TECHNIQUE WAS NOT AT ALL AS I WOULD HAVE FLOWN. ADDITIONALLY I HAD NO FLT CONTROLS AND COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH HIM.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.