Small aircraft accused of flying too closely to a passenger ferry boat,.

Attributes
ACN	161621
Time
Date	199010
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jnu
State Reference	AK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 300 msl bound upper : 300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
ASRS Report	161621
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I volunteered my services to a video company to film the columbia ferry against ak landscape and with another aircraft framed with the ferry. Initial photography was done with the camera ship only flying passes in both directions along the ferry route. We carried a marine band hand-held with which to communicate with another film crew on the bridge of the ship (through the ship's radio). The captain was contacted and approved the shoot, as did the highway reps. We also called the FAA FSDO in jnu to advise them of the shoot and the conditions under which it would be done. During the photographic passes a passenger apparently became alarmed (perhaps did not hear the shipboard announcement) and claimed in a complaint call to the FSDO that we were within 100' of the ship. At no time were we within 100' of the ship, but due to the difficulty of judging these distances in flight, we may have been within 500', but only slightly. The aircraft was an amphibian. No compensation was received and the flight was part 91.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA ACCUSED OF FLYING TOO CLOSELY TO A PASSENGER FERRY BOAT,.

Narrative: I VOLUNTEERED MY SVCS TO A VIDEO COMPANY TO FILM THE COLUMBIA FERRY AGAINST AK LANDSCAPE AND WITH ANOTHER ACFT FRAMED WITH THE FERRY. INITIAL PHOTOGRAPHY WAS DONE WITH THE CAMERA SHIP ONLY FLYING PASSES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ALONG THE FERRY RTE. WE CARRIED A MARINE BAND HAND-HELD WITH WHICH TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANOTHER FILM CREW ON THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP (THROUGH THE SHIP'S RADIO). THE CAPT WAS CONTACTED AND APPROVED THE SHOOT, AS DID THE HWY REPS. WE ALSO CALLED THE FAA FSDO IN JNU TO ADVISE THEM OF THE SHOOT AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT WOULD BE DONE. DURING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PASSES A PAX APPARENTLY BECAME ALARMED (PERHAPS DID NOT HEAR THE SHIPBOARD ANNOUNCEMENT) AND CLAIMED IN A COMPLAINT CALL TO THE FSDO THAT WE WERE WITHIN 100' OF THE SHIP. AT NO TIME WERE WE WITHIN 100' OF THE SHIP, BUT DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF JUDGING THESE DISTANCES IN FLT, WE MAY HAVE BEEN WITHIN 500', BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY. THE ACFT WAS AN AMPHIBIAN. NO COMPENSATION WAS RECEIVED AND THE FLT WAS PART 91.

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.