<< >> NASA ASRS Report 359890, January 1997

Rotary winged traffic in a low altitude civil night operation to photograph a ground fire. Fire chief unhappy with proximity of traffic.

Attributes
ACN	359890
Time
Date	199701
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : otw airport : otm
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 300 agl bound upper : 300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Enstrom Helicopter 280 Shark
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	359890
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : passenger observation : observer
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	359891
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	vertical : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

I was on an aerial photography mission to report on a large 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: ROTARY WINGED TFC IN A LOW ALT CIVIL NIGHT OP TO PHOTOGRAPH A GND FIRE. FIRE CHIEF UNHAPPY WITH PROX OF TFC.

Narrative: I WAS ON AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY MISSION TO RPT ON A LARGE 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.