I suspect the guy buzzed the site with no intent to land, but don't know for certain.

I'm guessing he didn't familiarize himself with the Wx and winds before he did it, but I don't know that either.

Neither does the FSDO, but they are punishing him for something which they suspect was a violation but have no way of knowing or proving for sure. That's what's troubling, as usual.

IIRC there's no hard requirement to get a landing site inspected or approved by anyone else, and no requirement to get authorization to use it from anyone but the owner. Locals laws might limit airport sites but I don't recall the FARs doing that.


That's all based just on his side of the story.