PLT RPTS MODEL AIRPLANE OPS OVER THE RWY AND PARKED ACFT RAMP AREA AT AN UNCTLED ARPT.

1995-10 · NASA ASRS report 317356

Date: 1995-10 · Aircraft: Baron 55/Cochise · Phase: ground

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT RPTS MODEL AIRPLANE OPS OVER THE RWY AND PARKED ACFT RAMP AREA AT AN UNCTLED ARPT.

Narrative

UPON ARRIVING AT THE ARPT; I OBSERVED 2 INDIVIDUALS OPERATING RADIO CTLED ACFT AT THE CTR OF RWY 1/19 AND THE ADJACENT RAMP AREA. THE RADIO CTLED ACFT WAS PERFORMING AERIAL ACROBATICS OVER THE RWY AND OVER THE RAMP AREA AS WELL AS OVER PARKED GA ACFT. I WOULD THINK THIS TO BE A TERRIBLY HAZARDOUS SIT FOR BOTH AIR TFC AS WELL AS THE ACFT ON THE GND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACROBATICS. I USE THIS ARPT FREQUENTLY AND DON'T CHERISH THE THOUGHT OF EITHER A MID-AIR OR AND AIR-TO-GND COLLISION WITH A RADIO CTLED ACFT. DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS. AND; YES; I HAVE ALREADY SUGGESTED TO THESE FELLOWS THAT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS NOT A GOOD IDEA WITHOUT SUCCESS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTED HIS ACFT AND TAXIED FOR TKOF THE MODEL AIRPLANE OPERATORS LANDED THEIR AIRPLANES ON THE RWY AND TAXIED THEM INTO THE RAMP AREA. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD STOPPED THEIR OPS; HE FELT THAT THEY WERE CERTAINLY A HAZARD TO THE PARKED ACFT IN CASE OF LOSS OF CTL. FURTHERMORE; THEY DO STOP WHEN AN ACFT APCHS FOR LNDG; BUT THE OPERATORS CAN USUALLY NOT HEAR THE UNICOM DUE TO THE NOISE OF THE MODEL AIRPLANES. HE AND OTHER PLTS HAVE MENTIONED THE POSSIBLE HAZARD TO THE MODELERS WITH NO APPARENT SUCCESS. HE ALSO BELIEVES THAT THE ARPT HAS A CITY OR COUNTY ARPT BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUT HAS HAD NO CONTACT WITH THEM REGARDING THIS MATTER.

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

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