PLT IN MTR DOES AEROBATIC MANEUVERS OVER RWY AT UNCTLED ARPT.

1992-07 · NASA ASRS report 217751

Date: 1992-07 · Aircraft: Military Trainer

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT IN MTR DOES AEROBATIC MANEUVERS OVER RWY AT UNCTLED ARPT.

Narrative

I WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE PERFORMING AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER IN THE CARLSBAD; NM; CTL ZONE BTWN XX00-XB00 HRS ON JUL/FRI/92. I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A MAINT FAC AND 3 OTHER PLTS AT CARLSBAD ARPT FOR THE PREVIOUS 3 DAYS TRYING TO GET A JET READY FOR FERRY BACK TO OUR COMPANY IN AL. PRIOR TO MY DEP IN MTR ACFT; SEVERAL REQUESTS WERE MADE FOR ME TO PERFORM A COUPLE AEROBATIC MANEUVERS ON DEP AND I STATED TO THESE INDIVIDUALS I WOULD NOT PERFORM ANY UNAUTHORIZED MANEUVERS. AFTER DEP; I MADE A 270 DEG TURN BACK ACROSS ARPT TO AN EBOUND HDG FOR AL. AS USUAL; WITH A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH FLYING AND MAINTAINING THESE TYPE AEROBATIC ACFT; MOST OF MY ASSOCIATES WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF HANGAR; MAKING SUGGESTIVE MOTIONS -- AND THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO MAKE A PASS DOWN RWY 14L. I RECEIVED FSS ADVISORIES PRIOR TO TAXI AND ALSO TKOF WITH NEGATIVE RPTING TFC. WX WAS CLR; NO OTHER TFC WAS OBSERVED; AND I FELT A ROLL WAS SAFE (I HAVE A SURFACE AEROBATIC COMPETENCY CARD) SO I PULLED UP THE NOSE; ROLLED TO L AND ROLLED OUT TOWARD AL. THIS ACTION BY ME DOES NOT REPRESENT A TREND OF TOTAL DISREGARD FOR AUTHORITY; BUT A LAPSE OF PROPER JUDGEMENT. I HAVE 23000 FLYING HRS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN CITED FOR ANY INFRACTION OF ANY FAA REGS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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