PLT OF A ROBINSON R22B HELI PENETRATED CLASS C AIRSPACE WITHOUT ATC CONTACT DURING A LCL PHOTO PAX FLTS FROM A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE WITHIN THE CLASS C AIRSPACE. HE WAS OBSERVED BY A LCL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN A POLICE HELI WHO HAD BEEN ALERTED BY ATC RADAR CTLR. IN ADDITION; HE LANDED AND TOOK OFF ON A PUBLIC STREET WITHOUT LCL GOV PERMISSION.

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NOV XX 1996 I DID A COMBINED PHOTO AND DEMO FLT FROM FRENCH VALLEY ARPT; F70; IN AN R22B HELI TOGETHER WITH PAX #1. OUR MISSION WAS TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND DO 4 DEMO FLTS WITH HIS BROTHER; PAX #2; AT HIS HOUSE IN LAGUNA NIGEL. WE DEPARTED XA30 IN THE MORNING AND ARRIVED AT THE HOUSE XB00. PAX #2 WAS THE FIRST ONE UP IN A DEMO FROM HIS HOUSE TO DANA POINT AT THE BEACH. THEREAFTER I TOOK UP 2 OF HIS FRIENDS AND HIS SON. THE SAME RTE; DOWN TO THE BEACH AT 500 FT AGL AND BACK. I DID 4 X 10 MIN DEMOS FOLLOWING A ROAD THAT LEADS DOWN TO THE BEACH. AFTER MY LAST LNDG; A HUGHES 500 HELI CIRCLES OVER US AND MINS LATER 2 POLICE CARS ARRIVED AT THE LNDG ZONE. THEY CHKED MY LICENSE AND ACCUSED ME OF NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE POLICE HELI; AND NOT COMMUNICATING WITH EL TORO TWR; AND OF FLYING TOO LOW OVER DANA POINT AND BEING ONLY 50 FT OVER THE HOUSES ON MY APCH TO THE LNDG ZONE ON CUL DE SAC; MOUNTAIN OR HILL. THEY ALSO SAID I HAD VIOLATED THE SPECIAL FLT RULES AREA. BOTH ME AND MY PAX DID NOT HEAR ANYBODY TALKING TO US; EXCEPT ONE PLT BROADCASTING WITH EL TORO TFC; AND ONE PERSON SAYING THAT EL TORO TWR WAS CLOSED. I CALLED EL TORO TWR 5 TIMES BEFORE ENTERING THE AREA IN LAGUNA NIGEL; BUT THE TWR NEVER RESPONDED. THE AIRSPACE IS CLASS G AIRSPACE OVER THE HOUSE; STARTING FROM SURFACE TO 1200 FT. NO COM REQUIREMENT EXISTS IN THAT AIRSPACE. I WAS NEVER BELOW 500 FT AGL ANY TIME; EXCEPT WHEN I CAME IN FOR A LNDG OR WHEN I TOOK OFF FROM THE LNDG ZONE. I DID MY APCH FROM 300 FT AGL -- STEEP APCH TO THE SPOT. WHEN I TOOK OFF I DID A SORT OF MAX PERFORMANCE TKOF IN FRONT OF 2 TREES ON THE LNDG ZONE. SO I DENY THE POLICE OFFICER'S ACCUSATIONS. I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS FLT IN ANY OTHER WAY. I NEVER FLEW OVER THE HOUSES AT THAT LOW ALT; SINCE I FLEW OVER A ROAD THAT EXISTS BTWN THE HOUSES BELOW THE LNDG ZONE. I HAVE FILED AN INCIDENT RPT TO LONG BEACH FSDO OFFICE AND TALKED WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON.