as for the gear problem and you're landing out in no-where's ville.. the
local ATC (center/appch) will have contact with FSS who does (or did) have
contact numbers for all those local airports.. (they have to do a telephone
ground search for late aircraft before starting an air search and rescue),
most of the time they contact the local Airport manager or local constable.
They can get your crash-rescue rolling..

BT

"Newps" wrote in message
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FSDO is who you need to call.

Travis Marlatte wrote:
I have two questions about who do you call when ...

I was talking with a police officer the other day. We were talking about
planes and police work and blah blah blah. Then he says, "I saw some guy
buzzing the neighborhood the other day. I got the tail number and I
would
have reported him but I didn't know who to call." I would think that all
police have a hotlist of phone numbers - FBI, DEA, etc. I would think
that
the FAA would be on this list. But I guess not. My problem was, I didn't
know what to tell him. The only thing I could think of was FSS. I
figured
they would at least be able to re-direct the call. Does the FAA have
special
emergency contact numbers for this sort of thing?

My other question is related to my own problems. Let's say that I have
landing gear trouble at night, out in the middle of nowhere. There may
be
country airports nearby but nothing that is open. Even if I could get
Flight
Service or a center controller on the radio would they know who to call
to
bring fire and rescue to airport lost-in-the-woods, Middle, America?
Yes,
I'm sure the right answer is to head to a bigger airport that is open.
Work
with me here. I'm just curious. Does Flight Service or controllers have
emergency contact numbers for all of the airports near their sectors?

--
Travis