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Small aircraft in a banner towing operation in an overwater operation allows banner to strike a parasail chute. See and avoid difficult to exercise with banner stretched behind aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341322 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pfn |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 300 msl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dtw |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Scout |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Other |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 341322 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 unspecified : 0 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While towing a banner down the beach the tail end of the banner brushed across the top of a parasail chute. What causes these things to happen are: there are numerous parasail boats with capts who make no attempt to avoid the banner planes. They don't realize that we have blind spots and are less maneuverable than they are. I think they should be as responsible as we are in avoiding each other. No damage to the banner or chute occurred in this incident. I make every effort to maintain the 500 ft separation but when parasails are popping up and cutting in front it's hard to do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA IN A BANNER TOWING OP IN AN OVERWATER OP ALLOWS BANNER TO STRIKE A PARASAIL CHUTE. SEE AND AVOID DIFFICULT TO EXERCISE WITH BANNER STRETCHED BEHIND ACFT.
Narrative: WHILE TOWING A BANNER DOWN THE BEACH THE TAIL END OF THE BANNER BRUSHED ACROSS THE TOP OF A PARASAIL CHUTE. WHAT CAUSES THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN ARE: THERE ARE NUMEROUS PARASAIL BOATS WITH CAPTS WHO MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE BANNER PLANES. THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE BLIND SPOTS AND ARE LESS MANEUVERABLE THAN THEY ARE. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE AS RESPONSIBLE AS WE ARE IN AVOIDING EACH OTHER. NO DAMAGE TO THE BANNER OR CHUTE OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT. I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THE 500 FT SEPARATION BUT WHEN PARASAILS ARE POPPING UP AND CUTTING IN FRONT IT'S HARD TO DO.
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.