1994-04 · NASA ASRS report 268145
AN SMA PLT WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF LOW LEVEL CIVIL FLT.
AT XA45 PM ON APR/MON/94; MYSELF AND A FRIEND DEPARTED STC ST. CLOUD ARPT FOR A DIRECT FLT TO 14Y LONG PRAIRIE. MY FRIEND IS NOT A PLT. I ESTABLISHED AN EASY CLB TO 2500 FT MSL; WHICH WAS MY FINAL CRUISING ALT TO LONG PRAIRIE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN AN ALT OF 2000 FT MSL BY REACHING THE EDGE OF ST. CLOUD AND THE WJON RADIO TWR. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM MR. Z OF THE MINNEAPOLIS FAA OFFICE ON APR/THU/94. MR. Z STATED THERE HAD BEEN A COMPLAINT OF A LOW FLYING AIRPLANE IN THE VICINITY OF THE WJON TWR AT APPROX XA30 PM ON APR/MON/94. HE USED NX IN REF TO THE COMPLAINT. NX BELONGS TO MY COMPANY; AND IS A TBM 700. I WAS FLYING A BE33 NY I HAVE NO FURTHER INFO AS TO THE LOCATION OR QUALIFICATION OF THE COMPLAINANT. AT THE TIME OF DEP FROM STC; THERE WERE AT LEAST 7 AIRPLANES IN THE PATTERN AND OR PRACTICE AREA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTS STATES THAT HE KNOWS THAT ACFT 'NX' WAS NOT FLYING AT THE TIME OF THE ALLEGED INCIDENT. THE COMPLAINANT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TO THE RPTR. THE LCL FSDO HAS DROPPED THE WHOLE THING WITH NO ACTION. THE RPTR THINKS THAT THIS MIGHT BE A PERSONAL ATTACK BY SOMEONE UNKNOWN TO HIM.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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