Posted by MarkB_MI on June 10, 2013 at 02:44:31 from (75.219.36.210):
In Reply to: Plane Pilots posted by jbp on June 09, 2013 at 08:36:09:
The FAA takes a very dim view of buzzing. If you complain, they will investigate. And if they have reason to be he's been deliberately buzzing your house, they'll jerk his license so fast it'll leave blisters on his fingertips.
The challenge for you is to get hard evidence he's been coming within 500 feet of your house. If he is actually coming within 100 feet, a photograph (preferably with visible N-number) should suffice. But if he's actually quite a bit higher, the investigator may not take your estimate of the distance at face value. After all, the pilot has an altimeter in front of him, you just have your non-aviator's estimate of his altitude. It's pretty difficult to tell the difference between 400 feet AGL and 600 feet AGL.
If you happen to be within 10 miles of an airport with a control tower, his movements will be captured on radar. Of course, he probably won't be visible at 50 ft AGL, but they can see when he dropped below radar, which should support your case that he's flying too low. And if he happens to have a sophisticated airplane with a transponder and altitude encoder, and he left his transponder on as he buzzed your house, then he's already provided the evidence you need; just call the tower the next time he buzzes you.
The idea, suggested in another post, that by scratching out a grass strip he has somehow carved out a right to buzz your house is preposterous. The exception to the "500 foot" rule really pertains to buildings on an airport premises and roads that cross the end of a runway. It's pretty much accepted practice that you should approach steep enough that you can still make the runway if you have an engine failure on final. If his engine quits while buzzing your house, he's coming through the roof. Normal pattern altitude is 1000 feet AGL, and you're not supposed to descend before turning final. (There are some very slick experimental aircraft that have to fly a lower approach, say 500 feet, but that is the exception.)
Ignore the idiots who suggested you put up obstacles. The FAA doesn't like buzzers, but they take an equally dim view of individuals who deliberately construct hazards to airplanes.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Tractor Generators - by Chris Pratt. As a companion to the articles on three-brush and two-brush generators, it seemed fitting that we should provide our readers with a description of how a generator works in lay terms. The difficulty with all those "theory of operation" texts is that they border on principles of electricity or physics and such. Since I know nothing of either, you will have to put up with looking at the common sense side of how generators work which means we "
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
