The airplane in question overflew my hangar several times this morning.
It did not seem to me to be unusually low.
I've just now reviewed ADS-B traces over the last several days for
airplanes whose flight paths I am familiar with, at Taos and Alamosa.
There is a consistent error in altitude reported, by 400-500 feet on the
low side. This bias is easily noticed by looking at the ADS-B trace for
each downwind leg.
Just a FWIW, in case the powers that be rely on ADS-B records to
prosecute the complaints.
And for heaven's sake let's not get into noise abatement regulations.
Taos just ain't big enough, let's keep it that way.
On 7/7/22 1:28 PM, Kino Chavez wrote:
Taos Pilots,
Today (Thursday, 7 Jul 22) we had a pilot make multiple patterns to runway 13/31 on the east side of the runway well below pattern altitude. By flying the pattern so low the pilot was, by the FARs, not in the pattern. This means the pilot had to comply with the FAR minimum altitudes over a populated area (1,000 feet AGL) which the pilot did not do. As a result the Mayor's office and the airport received numerous complaints. The plane was low enough to easily read the tail number so the home owners have (I believe) called ABQ FSDO. We are receiving regular noise complaints but in general the local pilots are playing by the rules and I have been making that clear to the local residents that call me. I am considering putting noise abatement procedures in place that affect VFR arrivals, departures and patterns. Please be respectful to the local population when you fly. Thank you.
Kino Chavez
*TAOS*Aviation
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