Helicopters--How low is too low?

Residents on the East Side were once again treated to a low flying helicopter mid morning this Sunday.

Unlike the last time I wrote about this problem (See Low Flying Helicopters…Have a complaint?) this morning I was able to identify the helicopter that buzzed our homes several times this morning. It was not an emergency or police aircraft.

It is owned by Lasen Inc. out of New Mexico.  Details and specifics about the aircraft are posted at the end of the article.

The photos above demonstrate the low-level flying this morning just above the rooftops.  In one instance, the aircraft appeared in the frame from the bottom, not a fly through. I only included seven photos with this article. My total inventory of forensic documented photos from Sunday morning is 24 photos.

This was not a short lived event. The time of the first photo is 9:34 am and the time of the last photo is 9:40 am.  I first started shooting photos about two minutes after the chopper entered our neighborhood. It left the area about a minute after my last photo. So you can estimate the start time as 9:32am and the departure as 9:41am. Total time, almost 10 minutes.

HELICOPTER INFORMATION FROM FAA & WEB

Name MSI N101NP LLC

Street 4701 HAWKINS ST NE

LICENSE N16770

City ALBUQUERQUE

State NEW MEXICO

County BERNALILLO

Zip Code 87109-4333