NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
Small aircraft pilot reported a helicopter passed behind the reporter’s aircraft with little separation and stated ATC did not assist in maintaining aircraft separation.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
Aircraft X was established and cleared to land on a 4-mile final for 26R into SUS. Aircraft Y was north of the extended centerline and was told by Tower to pass behind Aircraft X. Aircraft Y turned eastbound to pass behind my aircraft but there was very little separation and Spirit Tower did not advise them to maintain any separation.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Conflict
- Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.