Narrative:

The problem arose as I was positioning my passenger so he could photograph a piece of property and house in the countryside. The small aircraft Y is a heavier aircraft than I have spent the majority of my time flying. I usually fly small aircraft X. The combined distraction of trying to position my passenger and trying to maintain a slow airspeed without stalling supposedly led to my being low. I do not know whether I was below 500 ft AGL, however, someone phoned the FAA. I hope this report may alert other pilots to maintain awareness of altitude during such slow maneuvers as I attempted.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT PLT OF AN SMA ACFT FLEW BELOW MINIMUM REQUIRED ALT DURING A PHOTO FLT RESULTING IN A GND OBSERVER RPTING TO THE FAA.

Narrative: THE PROB AROSE AS I WAS POSITIONING MY PAX SO HE COULD PHOTOGRAPH A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HOUSE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE SMA Y IS A HEAVIER ACFT THAN I HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY TIME FLYING. I USUALLY FLY SMA X. THE COMBINED DISTR OF TRYING TO POS MY PAX AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN A SLOW AIRSPD WITHOUT STALLING SUPPOSEDLY LED TO MY BEING LOW. I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER I WAS BELOW 500 FT AGL, HOWEVER, SOMEONE PHONED THE FAA. I HOPE THIS RPT MAY ALERT OTHER PLTS TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF ALT DURING SUCH SLOW MANEUVERS AS I ATTEMPTED.

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.