<< >> NASA ASRS Report 359589, January 1997

Pilot of an enstrom helicopter EH80 flew at 300 ft over a factory fire for the purpose of news photography causing the fire fighters to complain. The reporter had not coordinated with local government officials prior to flying over the emergency response fire activities.

Attributes
ACN	359589
Time
Date	199701
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : otw airport : otm
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 300
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mci
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Enstrom Helicopter 280 Shark
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	359589
Person 2
Affiliation	government other
Function	observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was on an aerial photography mission to report on a large factory fire. Fire fighters on the ground were mad at the helicopter's presence. I operated the helicopter in a safe manner.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN ENSTROM HELI EH80 FLEW AT 300 FT OVER A FACTORY FIRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY CAUSING THE FIRE FIGHTERS TO COMPLAIN. THE RPTR HAD NOT COORDINATED WITH LCL GOV OFFICIALS PRIOR TO FLYING OVER THE EMER RESPONSE FIRE ACTIVITIES.

Narrative: I WAS ON AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY MISSION TO RPT ON A LARGE FACTORY FIRE. FIRE FIGHTERS ON THE GND WERE MAD AT THE HELI'S PRESENCE. I OPERATED THE HELI IN A SAFE MANNER.

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.