PLT OF SMA ACFT WAS RPTED TO BE BELOW MINIMUM LEGAL ALT DURING UNITED STATES GOV CONTRACTED WILD ANIMAL CTL ACTIVITY.
Synopsis
PLT OF SMA ACFT WAS RPTED TO BE BELOW MINIMUM LEGAL ALT DURING UNITED STATES GOV CONTRACTED WILD ANIMAL CTL ACTIVITY.
Narrative
TOOK OFF FROM NAMPA; ID; HDG NE OF BOISE ARPT; CALLED APCH. THEY GIVE ME AN ALT AND TOLD ME CONTINUE ON TO OUR AREA. AS SOON AS WE GOT TO OUR AREA WHERE WE WERE GOING TO DO OUR LOW LEVEL WORK; WE WENT TO 100 FT TO 125 FT WHICH WE HUNT AT. I CONTRACT MY ACFT AND MYSELF TO THE USDA ANIMAL DAMAGE CTL; WHICH I FLY A GOV PERSON AROUND HUNTING AND KILLING COYOTES AT CALVING AND LAMBING TIME. MON I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE USDA ADC BOISE OFFICE THAT THE FAA FLT INSPECTOR RPTED ME FLYING OVER CONGESTED AREA AT OR BELOW 100 FT; WHICH WOULD BE BTWN NAMPA AND BOISE ARPT; WHICH I WAS NEVER BELOW 1200 FT. I HAD ALREADY CONTACTED THE BOISE TWR ABOUT FLYING NE OF THE ARPT LOW LEVEL HUNTING; AND THEY ALREADY KNEW THE SIT. I CALLED THE FAA MON THE XXTH; ASKED WHERE THE PROB WAS; AND ALL I GOT WAS I WAS RPTED AND THEY WANTED MY LICENSE NUMBER AND MY ADDRESS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED INVESTIGATION NOTICE FROM THE FAA AND ALSO DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THEM. HOWEVER; HE HAS NOT HEARD FURTHER AND THE MATTER IS STILL PENDING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE INSPECTOR ADVISED THAT AIR TFC HAD RECEIVED 2 ALT ALERTS ON THIS ACFT. HOWEVER; THE RPTR WAS INFORMED BY THE TWR DURING HIS DISCUSSION WITH THEM THAT 'THEY HAD NO PROB WITH HIS FLT AS IT WAS FLOWN AS THEY HAD DIRECTED HIM IN A TELECON WITH THE TWR PRIOR TO TKOF.'
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.