Kevin,

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was legal to land there.
Most state and local govs have laws that are all different from
each other regarding this. It makes it a total pain in the ass
to do it legally because you never know where to ask.

As to the helipad comment from Shiver; As a general rule,
if you land anywhere repeatedly you have to file with that
state for a registered helipad.

The rule I use when landing on any non airport property is
that I must have prior permission from the owner, and
they have to have about 1000 feet in every direction
thats owned by them. Its best that no neighbor could
ever claim to be in the approach or departure path.

I was only saying I was unaware of any FAR that prohibited
a helicopter from landing in a street.

Keep the blue side up,
Bart

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:37:13 -0400, "B4RT" wrote:

Umm, What FAA Breach? The only one I'm aware of is the
"undue hazard to persons and property" part. The only issues
he faces as far as I know are probably state and local regs.

I agree Bart.. If there was no hazard to persons or property on the
ground or in the vicinity, what's the problem? As far as I know, a
street is public property so no permission would be required as would
be the case from a private land owner.

I've landed on all sorts of pinnacles, meadows, fields etc and never
got any grief from anyone. 2 years ago I was in a helo that landed in
a school yard with nothing more than written permission from the
principal of the school and an agreement that all the kids would be
kept well away from the landing zone during all helo ops.

The only negative of the entire thing was a few people complaining
about the noise even after the entire neighborhood was notified the
helo would be coming well over a week beforehand.