Tv news photo flight of overturned tanker on local interstate upset auths at accident scene. Tanker was loaded with ethanol and proximity of helicopter dangerous.

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Attributes
ACN	335260
Time
Date	199604
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : vti
State Reference	IA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lit
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other cruise other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	335260
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	335259
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
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 covering a tanker overturned on a local interstate. Later it was learned that the tanker contained ethanol. I was at the scene very fast and did not recognize what the tanker was carrying because it was not marked so its cargo could be known to me. Auths on the ground were upset at my presence. If tankers were marked with large enough letters or numbers, pilots would know that they are dangerous.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TV NEWS PHOTO FLT OF OVERTURNED TANKER ON LCL INTERSTATE UPSET AUTHS AT ACCIDENT SCENE. TANKER WAS LOADED WITH ETHANOL AND PROX OF HELI DANGEROUS.

Narrative: I WAS COVERING A TANKER OVERTURNED ON A LCL INTERSTATE. LATER IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE TANKER CONTAINED ETHANOL. I WAS AT THE SCENE VERY FAST AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE WHAT THE TANKER WAS CARRYING BECAUSE IT WAS NOT MARKED SO ITS CARGO COULD BE KNOWN TO ME. AUTHS ON THE GND WERE UPSET AT MY PRESENCE. IF TANKERS WERE MARKED WITH LARGE ENOUGH LETTERS OR NUMBERS, PLTS WOULD KNOW THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS.

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.