1988-01 · NASA ASRS report 80533
POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN GA SMA AND MIL SMA.
DEPARTED PRIVATE TURF RWY AS INDICATED. A MIL MLT Y WAS PERFORMING HOVER MANEUVERS. PLT OF MLT Y DID NOT OBSERVE MY DEPARTURE ALTHOUGH I AND A PASSENGER (ALSO A PLT) HAD CONTACT WITH MLT Y WE PASSED ABOUT 3/4 MI FROM MLT Y HE MUST HAVE BEEN CONCERNED SINCE LATER CYS APP INFORMED ME HE REPORTED A 'NEAR MISS'. JUDGING FROM THE SECTION LINES IN THE FARM LAND WE COULD HAVE PASSED NO CLOSER THAN 3/4 MI. AFTER TALKING TO INSTRUCTOR PLT OF MLT Y I LEARNED THE PLT BEING CHECKED OUT WAS TAKING THE PRECAUTION OF REPORTING TO AVOID A 'BUST' ON CHECK RIDE. THERE WAS REALLY NO NEAR MISS AND WE BOTH AGREE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. THESE THINGS HOWEVER HAVE A WAY OF SURFACING LATER I JUST WANT TO INFORM THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY SO THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE. INCIDENTALLY I INFORMED CASPER FSS OF THE LOCATION OF MY PRIVATE RWY WHICH IS USED ALMOST EVERYDAY.I DID THAT 3 YEARS AGO AND IT STILL ISN'T ON THE CHARTS. THE MLT Y PLT SAYS NO ONE KNEW IT WAS THERE AND THEY DO MISSIONS TO A MISSILE BASE ONLY 2 MI FROM MY STRIP SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. IT WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS PROBLEM; PERHAPS; HAD THE RWY BEEN ON THEIR CHARTS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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