A PIPER TRI-PACER PVT PLT RECEIVES A CALL FROM THE LCL FSDO ALLEGING HIS LOW FLT OVER A PERSON'S HOME N OF MD50; MD.

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ON DEC/XA/99 BTWN PM00-PM30; I WAS FLYING IN THE TFC PATTERN AT MD50; CHESAPEAKE RANCH ARPT; WHERE I LIVE. DURING THAT FLT; I MADE A TOTAL OF 3 FULL STOP LNDGS. AFTER MY SECOND TKOF; AS I WAS TURNING DOWNWIND AT APPROX 500 FT AGL; I HEARD ANOTHER ACFT ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN ON THE BASE LEG. I INFORMED THE OTHER ACFT ON UNICOM FREQ 122.7 THAT I WOULD EXTEND MY DOWNWIND. I CONTINUED MY PATTERN AND ON FINAL APCH NOTED THAT THE OTHER ACFT WAS STILL ON THE RWY. I ANNOUNCED ON UNICOM FREQ THAT I WAS GOING AROUND. I CONTINUED AROUND THE PATTERN AND LANDED ON MY NEXT APCH. ON DEC/XB/99 (1 WK LATER) I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A MR X FROM THE WASHINGTON FSDO INFORMING ME THAT HIS OFFICE HAD RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF LOW FLYING FROM SOMEONE WHO LIVED N OF THE AIRFIELD. (PER PUBLISHED PROC ALL PATTERNS ARE FLOWN TO THE N OF THE RWY BELOW 800 FT. MD50 LIES UNDER THE PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL BASE RESTR AREA. I PROVIDED MR X THE REQUESTED INFO OVER THE PHONE AND BY FAX (COPY OF LOGBOOK PAGE SHOWING FLYING ACTIVITY ON DEC/XA/99 AND COPY OF ACFT LOGBOOK PAGE SHOWING ALTIMETER AND STATIC SYS TEST). LEGAL SVCS RECOMMENDED I FILE AN ASRS FORM.