Grumman aa-5B practicing touch-and-goes at fwq makes a full stop landing after noticing a helicopter...

Attributes
ACN	833568
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	FWQ.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cheetah Tiger Traveler AA5 Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 700
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict
Miss Distance	Horizontal 2500 Vertical 300

Narrative:

Upon arriving at fwq airport I listened to the AWOS which was reporting calm winds and 10 miles visibility. I then asked for any traffic in the traffic pattern. No one answered. I stated my intention to do a touch and go on runway 26; still no answer. I announced my position in the pattern and again on final. On short final I noticed a helicopter about 300 ft high over the departure end of the runway that appeared to be traveling away from the airport. As I touched down I realized that the helicopter was in a high altitude hover over the numbers on the departure end of the runway; and appeared to be doing training there; as they weren't moving. I aborted the touch and go and made a full stop landing. As I taxied back to runway 26 the helicopter came on unicom and stated that they would move off the runway so I could depart. If I had not seen them and continued my takeoff the outcome may have been different. It appears they thought they owned the airport and could train anywhere without listening to unicom or responding.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Grumman AA-5B practicing touch-and-goes at FWQ makes a full stop landing after noticing a helicopter hovering over the departure end of the runway without transmitting on CTAF/UNICOM.

Narrative: Upon arriving at FWQ airport I listened to the AWOS which was reporting calm winds and 10 miles visibility. I then asked for any traffic in the traffic pattern. No one answered. I stated my intention to do a touch and go on Runway 26; still no answer. I announced my position in the pattern and again on final. On short final I noticed a helicopter about 300 FT high over the departure end of the runway that appeared to be traveling away from the airport. As I touched down I realized that the helicopter was in a high altitude hover over the numbers on the departure end of the runway; and appeared to be doing training there; as they weren't moving. I aborted the touch and go and made a full stop landing. As I taxied back to Runway 26 the helicopter came on UNICOM and stated that they would move off the runway so I could depart. If I had not seen them and continued my takeoff the outcome may have been different. It appears they thought they owned the airport and could train anywhere without listening to UNICOM or responding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Grumman aa-5B practicing touch-and-goes at fwq makes a full stop landing after noticing a helicopter hovering over the departure end of the runway without transmitting on CTAF/unicom.