PLT OF AN SMA AMATEUR BUILT CONDUCTED AEROBATICS OVER AN ARPT BELOW THE MINIMUM SAFE ALT WITHOUT A LOW ALT WAIVER CERTIFICATE FOR THE TIME AND DATE OF THE OP.

Date: 1997-03 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT OF AN SMA AMATEUR BUILT CONDUCTED AEROBATICS OVER AN ARPT BELOW THE MINIMUM SAFE ALT WITHOUT A LOW ALT WAIVER CERTIFICATE FOR THE TIME AND DATE OF THE OP.

Narrative

I (RPTR) WAS ASKED TO COME TO GREENWOOD ARPT TO TALK TO A GROUP OF SCHOOL KIDS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAD ABOUT AVIATION. THE KIDS AND TEACHER ASKED IF I WOULD FLY FOR THEM. I FLEW APPROX 10 MINS OR LESS OVER THE TOP OF GREENWOOD ARPT DOING SOME AEROBATICS. GREENWOOD ARPT HAS A VOR ON THE FIELD WITH VOR AIRWAYS VOR APCH NDB APCH. I FLEW OVER RWY 9/27 AND CLOSED RWY 18/36. ALT WAS FROM 300 FT AGL TO 2500 FT AGL. AFTER LNDG PERSONS HAD CALLED FROM HOUSE NEARBY. AEROBATICS WAS OVER RWY 9/27 NOT OVER ANY HOUSES. THERE WAS TIMES WHERE I WAS OVER A WOMEN'S PRISON OFF THE E END OF RWY 9/27. THE WX WAS FINE. THERE WAS NO OTHER TFC IN THE AREA. I HAD A TRAINED PERSON (OBSERVER) ON THE GND TALKING TO ME/HE THE (OBSERVER) WAS MONITORING CTAF 122.8/UNICOM 122.8/GREENWOOD APCH 118.8; AND TALKING TO ME ON 123.45. THERE WAS NO PROB WITH OTHER ACFT OR PLTS ONLY COMPLAINT FROM NEARBY HOUSES. I WAS IN THE WRONG THIS TIME; BUT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THE SAME PERSON CALLS AND COMPLAINS ABOUT ME AND I HAVEN'T BEEN FLYING. THERE WAS NO WAIVERED AIRSPACE FOR AEROBATICS AT THIS DAY AND TIME.

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