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Flight crew of an unknown aircraft complained to tower because the reporter's small aircraft helicopter was cleared to cross in front of him, after another aircraft, on final. No evasive action taken in regard to the complaint, since the helicopter pilot was following tower instructions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 415020 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 850 msl bound upper : 850 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : stl |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8400 flight time type : 120 |
| ASRS Report | 415020 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
My aircraft was cleared by tower to proceed between 2 arriving aircraft. Clearance was adhered to. Second arrival aircraft expressed concern about proximity to my aircraft to tower operator. Pilot of this aircraft (second arrival) repeated his concern until receiving an acknowledgement from tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN UNKNOWN ACFT COMPLAINED TO TWR BECAUSE THE RPTR'S SMA HELI WAS CLRED TO CROSS IN FRONT OF HIM, AFTER ANOTHER ACFT, ON FINAL. NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN IN REGARD TO THE COMPLAINT, SINCE THE HELI PLT WAS FOLLOWING TWR INSTRUCTIONS.
Narrative: MY ACFT WAS CLRED BY TWR TO PROCEED BTWN 2 ARRIVING ACFT. CLRNC WAS ADHERED TO. SECOND ARR ACFT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT PROX TO MY ACFT TO TWR OPERATOR. PLT OF THIS ACFT (SECOND ARR) REPEATED HIS CONCERN UNTIL RECEIVING AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM TWR.
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.