Light aircraft pilot on pipeline patrol reports cell phone tower about 200 ft tall that is not on an...

Attributes
ACN	833793
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LBB.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Air Traffic Control Non Radar 2 Air Traffic Control Radar 25 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 2955 Flight Crew Type 750
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Miss Distance	Horizontal 5 Vertical 100

Narrative:

I was working with lbb approach inspecting a pipeline running west to east on the north side of their class C airspace. I had to run a short line to north side of this present line. I had only run this pipe once; 6 months earlier so I wasn't entirely familiar with it. Approach asked me how much longer until I turned back to the south. I said I could start the turn right then and was approved. I started a turn to the west to avoid the strong west winds blowing me way off course. Neither my sectional or current GPS unit showed any towers in that area. As I came around the turn there it was. I had enough vertical clearance so I didn't take any evasive action; however the wind pushed my track right over the top; which I didn't expect. Poor clearing before I started my turn caused this whole problem; trying to accommodate approach without looking first created a hazard that I should know better than to let happen. My chart and GPS have been marked to prevent this tower from sneaking up on me again; and I will always clear the area before I start a turn in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Light aircraft pilot on pipeline patrol reports cell phone tower about 200 FT tall that is not on any charts; tower is 4 miles north of LBB just right of the LOC Runway 17R.

Narrative: I was working with LBB Approach inspecting a pipeline running west to east on the north side of their Class C airspace. I had to run a short line to north side of this present line. I had only run this pipe once; 6 months earlier so I wasn't entirely familiar with it. Approach asked me how much longer until I turned back to the south. I said I could start the turn right then and was approved. I started a turn to the west to avoid the strong west winds blowing me way off course. Neither my sectional or current GPS unit showed any towers in that area. As I came around the turn there it was. I had enough vertical clearance so I didn't take any evasive action; however the wind pushed my track right over the top; which I didn't expect. Poor clearing before I started my turn caused this whole problem; trying to accommodate Approach without looking first created a hazard that I should know better than to let happen. My chart and GPS have been marked to prevent this tower from sneaking up on me again; and I will always clear the area before I start a turn in the future.

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.

Light aircraft pilot on pipeline patrol reports cell phone tower about 200 ft tall that is not on any charts; tower is 4 miles north of lbb just right of the localizer runway 17R.